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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando in Mowting-hsien: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 18, 1943
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Operator:
Registration:
41-12428
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Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
26555
YOM:
1943
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Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route, the aircraft exploded and crashed in a prairie, killing all four crew members. The exact circumstances of the accident remains unknown.
Crew:
Cpl Frank W. Coriell,
F/O Elmer Nelson,
2nd Lt William M. Van Sant,
Cpl Edward C. Walicki.