Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, May 6, 1945 (31 killed), Hin...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on May 6, 1945 near Hindhead Surrey, United Kingdom with 31 fatalities. Cause: The crew began the approach visually...
- Date: May 6, 1945
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: Hindhead Surrey, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 31
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew began the approach visually while in instrument conditions and struck a radar antenna that had no lights and was not shown on any charts.
A USAAF Curtiss C 46 Commando on a flight home with wounded US soldiers hit a 70 metre radar antenna on Gibbet Hill near Hindhead while descending in low cloud, lost a wing and crashed onto a hut at the RAF station. The reported death toll differs between sources, with between 31 and 32 killed including one person on the ground.