Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando in India: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-12298
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Tezpur - Kunming
MSN:
26425
YOM:
1943
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to arrive at Kunming-Wujiaba Airport following a flight from Tezpur, Assam. Weather conditions were poor over the area at the time of the accident and the wreckage was never recovered. Supposed to have crashed somewhere in the mountains located east of India. Lost without trace.
Crew:
1st Lt Willie L. Bryce,
1st Lt Jack M. Reamer,
F/O Ernest M. Wilcox,
S/Sgt Thomas G. Miranda,
S/Sgt Walter A. Shearer.

Crash of a Douglas C-49G-DO in Tezpur

Date & Time: Jan 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LR235
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1949
YOM:
1937
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Tezpur Airport, one of the engine failed. The crew elected to return to the airport for an emergency landing. In marginal weather conditions (drizzle and low ceiling), the pilot made a belly landing in a field where the airplane collided with a clump of bamboo before coming to rest. All five crew members escaped unhurt. The airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.