ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335683
| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-008 |
| MSN: | G-81 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Korean coast -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Albatross impacted a snow-covered mountain and caught fire when searching for a Fairchild C-119 that had crashed.
The wreckage of the Albatross was found 20 January with the five crew alive.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Singapore Standard 22 January 1952, p7
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