Date:	Sunday 5 May 1946
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Force - USAAF
Registration:	44-78268
MSN:	33664
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Oshima Island -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Manila-Nichols Air Base (MNL/RPLL)
Destination airport:	Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA)

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed and caught fire. The pilot was trapped and died. The other 16 occupants were injured, six of whom seriously.

Morning Tribune 9 May 1946, p8
Youngstown Vindicator 8 May 1946, p7
AAIR

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