ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338887
| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 43-15370 |
| MSN: | 19836 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Myitkyina -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shinbweyang (VYSB) |
| Myitkyina Airport (MYT/VYMK) |
The C-47A transport plane departed Shinbweyang, Myanmar on an air supply drop flight. The aircraft went missing while flying at high altitude in icing conditions.
Last radio contact was 25 miles from Myitkina at 25°37'N 97'40°E.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
MACR
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