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Mar
Curtiss C-46 –
Crashed after left engine failed during a flight from Chengdu to Beijing. Seven crew and two passengers were all killed. The deceased...
26
Mar
Ilyushin Il-12 –
Shortly after noon on July 27, 1953, U.S. Air Force Capt. Ralph S. Parr Jr. was flying an escort mission near Chunggang-jin is his F-86...
26
Mar
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune – 127744
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune (127744), attached to the Navy Patrol Squadron VP-22, was based at Okinawa. It was engaged in a miss...
26
Mar
Martin PBM-5G Mariner – 84738
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune (127744), attached to the Navy Patrol Squadron VP-22, was based at Okinawa. It was engaged in a miss...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47 (DC-3) –
An unmarked C-47 was shot down by anti-aircraft weapons during a nighttime infiltration flight to pick up spies operating inside Chines...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46D Commando – 213
The C-46 could not get airborne in time owing to engine problems, so the takeoff was aborted. Subsequently, the plane was damaged beyon...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46 – 8005
Flew into terrain while returning from air drop mission, killing all nine occupants. The wreckage was discovered by locals on a remote...
26
Mar
Ilyushin Il-12 –
The military transport plane was carrying officials from Beijing to Chengdu, Sichuan Province. It descended too much near the destinati...
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando – XT-820
Crashed into a mountain. The aircraft operated on a flight from Beijing. Two high ranking officers were on board.
26
Mar
Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando – XT-814
The aircraft crashed at night during an evacuation flight. The city of Chengdu was under siege in the Chinese Civil War. OF the 40 occu...