Crash Site Discoveries 2003 to 2010
B-24J #42-100184
Found 07 Dec 2010
On 25 May 1944, this B-24 aircraft of the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 373rd Bomb Squadron, departed Yangkai, China for Chabua, India. It was a routine ferrying mission. The aircraft reported being 30 min. E of Chabua. This was the last radio contact...
C-47A #41-38746
Found 24 Nov 2010
On 05 June 1945, this aircraft departed Dum Dum, India at 1243 Z on a shuttle flight to Jorhat, India. The only radio contact from the aircraft was a position report transmitted at 1415 Z. The crew reported its position at that time as S of Lalmanirhat and at 5,000...
C-47A #43-15398
Found 23 Nov 2010
This aircraft departed Lalmanirhat, India on 25 May 1944 for Chabua, India on a routine cargo run. This was an Air Transport Command aircraft assigned to Karachi and with an ATC crew aboard. The aircraft did not arrive in Chabua, and no distress calls were received...
C-47B #43-48308
Found 10 Nov 2009
This aircraft of the 10th Air Force was assigned to the post-war American Graves Registration Service (AGRS). It departed Mingaladon airport in Rangoon, Burma early in the morning on 17 May 1946 for Barrackpore, India. The aircraft had a crew of 3 from the 1304th...
C-87 #41-23791
Found 16 Oct 2008
This aircraft departed its home station at Chabua, India on 09 Apr 1943 on a routine ferrying flight to China. It was assigned to the Air Transport Command of the 10th Air Force, 1st Ferrying Group, 3rd Ferrying Squadron. This aircraft simply disappeared while over...
C-46A #41-24739
Found 10 Oct 2008
This aircraft departed Chanyi, China at 0940 Z on 29 Jan 1944 for Misamari, India. Winds were reported out of the SW at 80-100 mph at altitudes greater than 18,000 ft. and severe icing below 21,000 ft. No radio contact was received from aircraft after it departed...
C-87 #42-107259
Found 03 Oct 2008
This aircraft departed Yangkai, China on 09 Aug 1943 enroute to Jorhat, India. It was reported missing in flight. There was still no news on the fate of this aircraft or its crew as of Dec 1943. Dead: 5. Pilot: Capt. Tom Perry Co-Pilot: 1st Lt. John T. Tennison...
C-47DL #41-18518
Found 28 Sep 2008
On 13 Jul 1943, this aircraft departed Mohanbari, India for Kunming, China. It was on a routine mission over the Hump. The aircraft radioed from the vicinity of Sookerating, India for a weather report at Yunnanyi, China. This radio call was received at 1418 IST....
C-46A #42-107386
Found 23 Sep 2008
On 04 Feb 1945, this aircraft departed Chabua, India for Karachi, India. The aircraft was transporting 33 passengers who were homeward bound to the US. The aircraft developed mechanical problems and caught fire over a remote jungle area approx. 55 mi. NW of Jorhat. ...
B-24D #42-40069
Found 20 Sep 2008
This aircraft was lost on the Hump on 20 Mar 1943 while enroute from Pandaveswar, India to Kunming, China. It was assigned to the 14th Air Force, 308th Bombardment Group, 425th Squadron and was on its original flight to Kunming to begin work in China. It had been...