Accident Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando 41-5184,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340725
 

Date:Wednesday 8 September 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
Owner/operator:United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration: 41-5184
MSN: 26386
Year of manufacture:1942
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:between Kunming and Sookerating -   China
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP)
Destination airport:Sookerating Air Base
Narrative:
The aircraft crashed somewhere in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations.

Sources:

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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