26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando – 41-24680 While on a cargo flight, the crew encountered an unknown technical failure and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando – 41-24673 24 January 1944 Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in Chengkung, Yunnan, China. No casualties. Pilot: Wilfred R. Bendy Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando – 42-3588 Damaged beyond repair after a forced landing following an engine failure in Kunming, Yunnan, China (no fatalities). Pilot: James R. Co... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47A-25-DL (DC-3) – 75 The plane crashed into a mountain when flying at low altitude through a pass after encountering turbulent air while flying through a sm... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando – 41-24682 Went missing over Chia However, no USAAF serviceman fatality in China was recorded on this date. Pilot: Harold H. Barton (survived, la... Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando – 41-24745 Went missing over China. Pilot: Roscoe T. Smith Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando – 41-12425 Missing over China. Date also reported as 31 JAN 1944. Pilot: Michael Krikorian Continue reading
26 Mar Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando – 41-24696 Crew bailed out; plane crashed. At least one fatality. Continue reading
26 Mar Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 41-23862 Crashed into a glacier in Tibet in heavy icing and strong winds. In 1993 the glacier melted and shifted enough to expose the twisted me... Continue reading
26 Mar Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) – 41-19478 Damaged beyond repair at a forward airstrip in China. Continue reading