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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-30-CU in India

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-24748
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
26669
Location:
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Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crew was performing a flight from China. En route, weather conditions worsened and the pilots were unable to localize the destination airport. They completed several circuits over the region but did not localize the airport. Eventually, due to fuel exhaustion, the captain instructed the crew to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. Without pilot, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field. The aircraft was destroyed while all crew were unhurt.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Command in Besokupe Tea Estate: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-12389
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
26516
YOM:
1943
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in a place called Besokupe Tea Estate, India. At least one crew member was killed, 1st Lt Theodore L. McLendon.