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C-47DL #41-18518
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This aircraft departed Mohanbari, India. Its intended destination was Kunming, China. It was on a routine mission over the Hump. Aircraft called from the vicinity of Sookerating, India for a weather report at Yunnanyi. This was received at AACS at 1418 IST. Search for this aircraft will continue. Last report neither plane nor crew located, crew believed dead. Dead: 4.

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  • Charred trees remaining at crash site
  • Wreckage 1
  • Wreckage 2
  • Panel
  • Oxygen tank made into cooking pot
  • Pilot 2nd Lt. Robert D. Coker
  • 90-year old village woman witnessed the crash
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