Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 6 February 1943
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-49K (DC-3-455)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 43-2004
Location: 320 km N of Fort St. John, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Category: Accident
Description
The C-49 transport plane disappeared during a flight in Canada. The wreckage with eleven bodies and cargo was found in mountains 20 miles from “Tuchobe Lake” five years later.
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