Date:	18-JAN-1947
Time:	morning
Type:	Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	100 mi NE of Canton -   China
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Shanghai (morning)
Destination airport:	Cantón

Narrative:
Twin-engined US transport plane from American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) went missing. Four crew and seven chinese.
**Reportendly force-landed and all occupants safe, near "Lien-pingtung" village, 100 km north of Canton, according to a telephone message from Warrant Officer Harry Fair, dated from 21 JAN, after search crew's can't locate the plane due to fog.
*AGRS confirmed the report from Canton Authorities, that all 13 safe at Linping, 100 miles NE of Canton, The USAAF was unable to confirm the report.
***forced landing in a potato field; all survived unhurt and transported to Canton in two jeep's.

The Indian Express 23 January 1947, p2 (Reuter)
Morning Tribune 23 January 1947, p11
**Santa Cruz Sentinel 24 January 1947
AAIR (9631, missing, Linfing, 332TCS)
*The Evening Independent 23 January 1947
***San Bernardino Sun 25 January 1947

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Dec-2018 20:16	TB	Added
20-Dec-2018 09:32	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category]
20-Mar-2019 19:53	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 19:12	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 20:14	TB	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Oct-2020 21:30	TB	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
01-Nov-2020 17:20	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]