Crew
and passengers
(According to Japanese accounts) |
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|
 Pilot
W/O Aoyagi ( Third Air Force) |
| Ass.
Pilot Major Takizawa (On transfer
to Mainland Japan) |
| Navigator
Sgt Okita |
| Radio
operator N.C.O Tominaga |
| Gun
Operator Unidentified N.C.O |
| Chief
of Staff, Burmese Army Command.Lt
Gen Shidei |
| Staff
Officer Lt-Col Sakai |
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| Staff
Officer, Japan Air Force Lt-Col
Shiro Nonogaki |
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| Staff
Officer, Japan Air Force Major
Taro Kono |
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| Staff
Officer Major Iwao Takahashi |
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| Air
Force Engineer Captain Keikichi
Arai |
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| INA
Chief Subhas Chandra Bose |
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| Adjutant
Col Habibur Rehman Khan |
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| Cause
of the air crash |
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| There
were 13 passengers on board as against the maximum limit
of nine, plus their personal effects |
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| The
small size of Taipei Aerodrome made take-off difficult.
The presence of tall chimneys of a brick kiln compounded
the problem |
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| Despite
what is said to have been Bose's plan to seek asylum in
Russia, the Indian leader had to modify his plan after
he received the News that Russia had occupied Manchuria.
Therefore, he was anxious to reach the destination as
quickly as possible. |
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| Even
though some engines were found defective before the take
off from Saigon, officers ignored them. The mechanical
check-up was inadequate. |
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| The
pilots were strangers to Taipei Aerodrome, and therefore,
failed to judge the length of the runway. (The plane did
not lift off until it had run approximately two-thirds
down the runway. So, it had to climb steeply.) |
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| The
Formosan Army Command was in disarray, and therefore,
a full investigation into the causes of the air crash
was not conducted. (Moreover, no records were maintained
on the engine and other mechanical systems.) |
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