Norman C. Maxfelt was a passenger aboard C-46A #42-107386 aircraft during World War II. On 04 Feb 1945, this aircraft departed Chabua, India for Karachi, India. The aircraft was transporting 35 passengers who were homeward bound to the US.

The aircraft developed mechanical problems and caught fire over a remote jungle area approx. 55 mi. NW of Jorhat. It crashed near the summit of a jungle-covered hill and burned. All crew members and passengers were killed with the sole exception of TSgt. Marvin H. Jacobs, who survived the crash with minor injuries and was rescued and cared for by local villagers. The wreckage of the aircraft was found on September 23, 2008. Norman's current burial place is unknown.

He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

Source of information: https://www.miarecoveries.org/reports/