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Crashed World War II aircraft found in India after 77 years

The C-46 transport aircraft was carrying 13 people from Kunming in southern China when it disappeared in stormy weather

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A missing World War II plane has been identified in India's remote Himalayas nearly 80 years after it crashed with no survivors, following a treacherous search that led to the deaths of three guides.

Kuhles was tasked with conducting the search by Bill Scherer, whose officer father was aboard the plane when it crashed. 

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