Date:	Thursday 27 July 1950
Time:	04:30
Type:	Douglas C-47D
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	44-76439
MSN:	32771/16023
Year of manufacture:	1945
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	15 km S off O-Shima -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Some twenty minutes after takeoff from the Haneda AB, the C-47 descended into the sea. One passenger survived the accident. The wreckage sank to a depth of about 1500 m and was not recovered.

Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999

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