Crash of a Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper near Roing: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 31, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
MA929
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dinjan – Fort Hertz
MSN:
4933
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Dinjan Airport at 1330LT on a routine flight to Fort Hertz, Burma. About 30 minutes later, it was spotted by the pilot of a Hudson flying at an altitude of 7,000 feet near the city of Kanku, Arunachal Pradesh. As the aircraft failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended as no trace of the airplane nor the crew was found. The wreckage was found on 25 December 2017 at an altitude of 10,412 feet some 5 days walk northeast of the locality of Roing.
Crew:
F/O Hugh John Munro Campbell, pilot,
Sgt John Orson Nicholls, pilot,
Ac1 Thomas Gladstone Williamson, wireless operator,
P/O Kenneth Ross Phelps, air gunner,
W/O Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon, air gunner.
Passenger:
Lt Norman Lee Baugh.
Crew:
F/O Hugh John Munro Campbell, pilot,
Sgt John Orson Nicholls, pilot,
Ac1 Thomas Gladstone Williamson, wireless operator,
P/O Kenneth Ross Phelps, air gunner,
W/O Joseph Jean Jacques Fernand Casaubon, air gunner.
Passenger:
Lt Norman Lee Baugh.
