Chalermkiat Watanangura

Air Chief Marshal Chalermkiat Watanangura (?-14 April 1960) was a Thai air force officer and Commander of the Royal Thai Air Force. In 1960 Watanangura, his wife and sixteen other individuals were killed when the Royal Thai Air Force C-54 they were flying in crashed into Mount Wu Tse near Taipei, Taiwan after takeoff. Watanangura had been in Taipei attending a meeting of air chiefs from anti-communist governments from around the Pacific. [1]

References
  1. "Thai Air Leader, 17 others killed in plane crash". The News and Courier. 15 April 1960. Retrieved 6 June 2011.


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