Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando in India: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 1, 1943
Registration:
41-12298
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tezpur - Kunming
MSN:
26425
YOM:
1943
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.
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.