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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando in the Chirdwin Valley: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
41-5204
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Dibrugarh – Yangkai
MSN:
26406
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the Chirdwin Valley. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.
Crew (6th Squadron):
T/Sgt Kullervo T. Aaltonen,
2nd Lt Raymond V. Bouche,
F/O Kenneth E. Grill,
T/Sgt Richard Stapleford,4
1st Lt Jack R. Tate,
2nd Lt Max E. Wilbur.