ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334965
| Date: | Tuesday 11 January 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5949 |
| MSN: | 11136 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km NE of Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY) |
Crashed after engine failure. All 37 airborne infantrymen and three crew members bailed out before the airplane crashed.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 12, 1955
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