What event led to Orde Wingate's death in 1944?
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Orde Wingate died in an aircraft accident in 1944. He was flying to Burma to command a new Chindit force when his plane crashed into a mountain. Wingate was a British soldier who had fought in the First World War and had been a leading figure in the development of the Chindits, a special forces unit that operated behind enemy lines in Burma.
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