Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Jan 16, 1945 (3 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on January 16, 1945 near Yunnan Yunnan, China with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot flew past Kunming in very bad...
- Date: January 16, 1945
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Yunnan Yunnan, China
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot flew past Kunming in very bad weather and struck a mountain.
A CNAC Douglas C 47 on a cargo flight from Chongqing to Kunming, carrying silk, lost its orientation in very bad weather, flew past Kunming and struck a mountain about 100 miles east of Kunming on 16 January 1945. All three crew were killed.