Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 17 July 1945
Aircraft Type: Consolidated C-109 Liberator Express
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 44-49628
Location: near Bishmaknagar – ÿ India
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A missing-in-service aircraft, a unit of the Air Transport Command, was discovered on October 22, 2007, at an elevation of 8227 feet. The wreckage was located.A missing-in-service aircraft, a unit of the Air Transport Command, was discovered on October 22, 2007, at an elevation of 8227 feet. The wreckage was located.

Description

Missing in service. The aircraft was part of the 1330 Army Air Base Unit, Air Transport Command. The wreckage was found on October 22, 2007 at an elevation of 8227 feet.

Source of Information

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/44-49628.html, http://www.miarecoveries.org/gal_2-c109-44-49628.html, http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1652737/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-turner-a/http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-24/44-49628.html, http://www.miarecoveries.org/gal_2-c109-44-49628.html, http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1652737/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-turner-a/

Primary Cause

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