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C-47 #42-23734 a.k.a. CNAC #77
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This CNAC transport left Kunming for Tengchung at 0709 GMT. The aircraft was over Tengchung but was unable to land due to bad weather. No 77 headed for Dinjan Airfield, and at 0822 GMT called Kunming but received no answer. No further contact was made. Dead: 4.

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  • Crash site between buttes, just below summit
  • Crash site area
  • Wreckage 1
  • Wreckage 2
  • Wreckage 3
  • Wreckage 4
  • High camp at crash site
  • Oxygen tank in village
  • Wreckage in village
  • Capt. Russell William Coldren
  • Russell Coldren memorial
  • Russell Coldren headstone
  • Clayton with porters in Ziadum, Burma
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