Incident Overview
Date: Monday 1 May 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-60-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: United States Army Air Force – USAAF
Registration Number: 42-24376
Location: 40 km SW of Palel –
ÿ India
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Control cablesControl cables
A formation of eight C-47 transport planes was attacked by Japanese Nakajima Ki-43-I Oscar fighters. The aircraft were flying at 1000 feet. C-47 42-24376 was hit in the tail, severing some control cables. A fire erupted in some empty gasoline drums in the cargo hold. The pilot carried out a forced landing. The airplane bounced off a small knoll and crashed into a swamp.A formation of eight C-47 transport planes was attacked by Japanese Nakajima Ki-43-I Oscar fighters. The aircraft were flying at 1000 feet. C-47 42-24376 was hit in the tail, severing some control cables. A fire erupted in some empty gasoline drums in the cargo hold. The pilot carried out a forced landing. The airplane bounced off a small knoll and crashed into a swamp.
Description
A formation of eight C-47 transport planes was attacked by Japanese Nakajima Ki-43-I Oscar fighters. The aircraft were flying at 1000 feet. C-47 42-24376 was hit in the tail, severing some control cables. A fire erupted in some empty gasoline drums in the cargo hold. The pilot carried out a forced landing. The airplane bounced off a small knoll and crashed into a swamp.
Source of Information
https://books.google.nl/books?id=KkTDCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=C-47%2FR4D%20Skytrain%20Units%20of%20the%20Pacific%20and%20CBI&pg=PT64#v=onepage&q=Palel&f=falsehttps://books.google.nl/books?id=KkTDCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=C-47%2FR4D%20Skytrain%20Units%20of%20the%20Pacific%20and%20CBI&pg=PT64#v=onepage&q=Palel&f=falsePrimary Cause
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