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This aircraft left Chanyi, China for Misamari, India on 17 September 1944 at 1104 GMT. At 1407 GMT pilot gave a position report as follows: “Over Shingbwiyang, Burma at 1350 hrs., altitude 18,000 ft., destination Misamari - request clearance to destination“. At 1413 hrs. Jorhat cleared this ship over their station at 14,000 ft., to cross Tezpur, India at 6,000 ft. to Misamari. No further contact was had with this aircraft.
It is noted that the pilot gave his position report 17 minutes after passing Shingbwiyang, Burma. This could be due to poor radio contact, excessive radio traffic, or pilot being uncertain of his position. If the pilot was uncertain of his position, it is possible he may have let down with his position uncertain and collided with a mountain. The weather along Charlie route that day was continuous rain, thunderstorms, overcast, and icing between 16,000 ft. and 20,000 ft. Actually, there is no evidence upon which a reasonable assumption can be made. Dead: 3.
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