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The pilot and General Shidei died instantaneously, the remaining
crew and passengers received serious and light injuries and
were able to come out of the plane.
The second pilot, Aoyagi, had been badly injured and he died
in the hospital the same night. Bose injuries were also serious
and he was seen to be almost completely on fire.
The fire was extinguished by Habibur Rehman and and others,
and he alongwith the other injured persons was hurried to
the military hospital which is at a distance of about 4 kilometers
from the airport. Bose was treated for his injuries, and although
he recovered his senses intermittently and was given a number
of injections and also blood transfusion, he succumbed to
the burn injuries after a few hours.
According to one of the four who survived the crash is S.
Nonogaki . The story of the crash is narrated by him in the
following words:-
"Immediately after we took off, the propeller on the
left engine was torn off, and then the engine broke and the
plane crashed into a bomb crater. I believe it was over the
end of the runway. The plane crashed near the end and not
beyond the runway.
The witness went on to say that he received injuries. He saw
Bose in flames and his aide was trying to put out the fire.
Chandra Bose was standing. The aide was not in such a serious
state. Gen. Shidei did not come out. I saw the pilot coming
out, but I did not see Major Takizawa and the three members
of the crew coming out … The injured were taken to the
hospital. It took about 20-30 minutes by car. I also went
to the hospital.
Regarding Bose, the witness said that he was more or less
naked because his clothes were burnt and he had been completely
bandaged. He went on to say that he was in the same room as
Bose. The doctor who attended to them was Dr. Yoshimi, and
Bose, who was very severely injured, was the firstr to receive
treatment. Later the same night the witness learnt that Bose
had died at 11 p.m.
Subsequently, his body was cremated and the ashes were sent
to Japan where they were placed in a receptacle, which was
lodged in the Ronkoji temple.
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