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Crashed near Ledo while on a supply mission. Two crew members were rescued while 1st Lt Kenneth P. Eakin was killed. The exact circumstances of the accident remains unknown.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL in Sambhar

Date & Time: Nov 27, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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41-18549

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4674

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1942

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Crashed in Sambhar following a fuel exhaustion. No casualties.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-60-DL near Walong: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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Registration:

42-24360

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Mountains

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Yunnanyi - Misamari

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10222

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1943

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The crew left Yunnanyi Airport at 0840LT on a cargo flight to Misamari, India. The aircraft failed to arrive and SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended as no trace of the aircraft was found. The wreckage was localized and identified on October 9, 1944, at the altitude of 14,570 feet some 7 days trekking east of Walong, Arunachal Pradesh. All three crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were considered as good.
Crew (24th Transport Group):
2nd Lt Edgar L. Corbiere,
1st Lt John A. Deaux Jr.,
Cpl Paul E. Pakari.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator off Car Nicobar Island: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1943 at 1109 LT

Type of aircraft:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

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Registration:

FL926

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Aerial photography

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

Schedule:

Sigiriya - Sigiriya

MSN:

123

YOM:

1941

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Car Nicobar

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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India

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Asia

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The aircraft took off from Sigiriya at 0554LT to carry out a photographic reconnaissance mission off Car Nicobar Island. The aircraft was due over the target at 1100LT and at 1109LT, its crew transmitted its call sign with one 30 second dash. D/F bearings of these transmissions indicate that the aircraft was over the Car Nicobar Island at that time. Since then there has been no further news. It is believed that the Japanese now have a small number of fighters which they operate from the Car Nicobar landing ground, with an adjacent R.D.F. Station whose range is believed to be in the neighborhood of 100 miles. It is presumed that the aircraft was intercepted by enemy fighters and shot down as another aircraft of this Squadron was destroyed by enemy action in the same area on 23rd September 1943.
Crew (160th Squadron):
F/O W. A. Wallace, pilot,
P/O H. F. Wilson, copilot,
P/O C. W. Hamann, navigator,
Sgt H. R. Crest, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt K. B. Gillespie, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt C. R. MacGregor,
Sgt R. Morgan, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt T. Leckey, wireless operator and air gunner.
Source: http://www.rquirk.com/160oper/540oct43.html

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

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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41-12389

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Military

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Yes

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26516

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1943

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in a place called Besokupe Tea Estate, India. At least one crew member was killed, 1st Lt Theodore L. McLendon.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL into the Brahmaputra River: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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41-19464

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Flight

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Military

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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6107

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1942

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Brahmaputra River, killing at least one crew member, William A. Pouncey.

Crash of a Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper in Calcutta: 20 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1943 at 0600 LT

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)

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Registration:

42-6471

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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4923

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1942

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After rotation from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport, the aircraft encountered problem to gain height when it hit tree tops and crashed in flames in a wooded area located 1,200 meters past the runway end. All twenty occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were as follow: ceiling at 2,000 feet, horizontal visibility estimated at 11 km and light wind.
Crew:
1st Lt Dale Johnson,
2nd Lt Jasper A. Lagattuta,
1st Lt Kermit R. Peasley.