Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 31 March 1945
Aircraft Type: Consolidated C-109 Liberator Express
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-51615
Location: Kunming, Yunnan Province –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: C-46 aircraftC-46 aircraft
Category: Accident
A C-46 aircraft crashed at Wujiaba Airfield in Assam, resulting in the deaths of three USAAF service men.A C-46 aircraft crashed at Wujiaba Airfield in Assam, resulting in the deaths of three USAAF service men.
Description
Landing accident at Wujiaba Airfield. All three USAAF serviceman casualties in the China-Burma-India area recorded on this date were from a Curtiss C-46 which went down in Chabua, Assam. This Consolidated C-109 accident was therefore probably not fatal.
Source of Information
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-60942/commando-42-61018.html, https://zschina.nanjing.gov.cn/ztzl/bwgjl/202409/t20240902_4755537.htmlhttp://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp, https://curtisscommando.e-monsite.com/pages/aircraft/s-n-42-60942/commando-42-61018.html, https://zschina.nanjing.gov.cn/ztzl/bwgjl/202409/t20240902_4755537.htmlPrimary Cause
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