Date:	Tuesday 15 January 1957
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-118A (DC-6)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	53-3263
MSN:	44634/572
Year of manufacture:	1955
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	OT
Location:	Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM) -   United States of America
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	-
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
A fire broke out at McChord AFB, causing the destruction of two maintenance hangars. A Douglas C-118 (53-3263) and a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (52-1027) were destroyed. Two other planes, a Lockheed T-33 jet and a de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver were damaged.

Destruction at air base (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 1957-01-16)

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