ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263986
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Date: | Saturday 19 January 1963 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boeing C-97 |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Westover AFB, MA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Explosion collapsed the landing gear during the take-off run and caused it to swerve into a snowbank. Caught fire but all occupants, including an Air Force General, escaped, six with burned clothing.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 19 January 1963, p1
Revision history:
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