Compiled 12-23-2023 by Wayne Blanchard for: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–15 Aviation Safety Network. USAAF B-24 missing Chenjung, China to Dinjan, India, 7-4-45.

–15 Baugher, Joe. 1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-24340 to 41-30847). 4-18-2023 revision.

Narrative Information

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 102:

“Date: Wednesday 4 July 1945

….

“Type: North American B-25D Mitchell

“Owner/operator: United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)

“Registration: 41-30010

….

“Fatalities: Fatalities: 15 / Occupants:

….

“Location: enroute Chenjung,[1] Chine, to Dinjan, India – India[2]

“Phase: En route

“Nature: Military

“Departure airport:

“Destination airport:

“Narrative: Missing, 15 on board.

Baugher: “….North American B-25D-5 Mitchell….30010 (‘Matilda’) missing during flight from Chengjung, China to Dinjan, India Jul 4, 1945. 15 aboard.”

Sources

Aviation Safety Network, Flight Safety Foundation, Database, 1945, p. 102. USAAF B-24D Mitchell missing Chenjung, China to Dinjan, India, 7-4-1945. Accessed 12-23-2023 at: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/232526

Baugher, Joseph F. 1941 USAAF Serial Numbers (41-24340 to 41-30847). 4-18-2023 revision. Accessed 12-23-2023 at: https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_4.html

[1] Baugher is cited as source for this ASN page. Baugher spells the departure location as “Chengjung.” Google maps spells it “Chengjiang.”

[2] We have not seen evidence that the crash site was in India. Most of the flight would have been in Chinese airspace.

1945 — July 4, USAAF B-25 missing, over the hump, Chengjiang China to Dinjan India–15