| Date: | Monday 27 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-24688 |
| MSN: | 26609 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Langko -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Sookerating Air Base |
A Curtiss C-46A Commando went missing en route between Kunming, China and Sookerating, India. Last radio contact was when the crew radioed another aircraft for a bearing. It is believed the crew were lost.
The aircraft was located in 2000 and the remains of the crew were recovered in 2002.
Sources:
MACR
Laredo Morning Times, February 9, 2001
U.S. fliers' remains recovered in Tibet (St. Petersburg Times, October 1, 2002)
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