Last updated: 2 December 2021
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 15 mai 1953 |
| Heure: | ca 17:00 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 51-8235 |
| Numéro de série: | 10783 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Equipage: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 6 / à bord: 6 |
| Victime de la collision: | victimes: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Hemsbach ( Allemagne)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Allemagne |
| Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF), Allemagne |
A formation of four C-119's was flying at an altitude of 5000 feet to the south of Frankfurt, Germany. At the same time a US Air Force Republic F-84E Thunderjet (51-628) did a sharp left turn in front of the lead ship, took off the right wing of the lead ship and then crashed directly into the aircraft flying the right wing of the lead aircraft.
The F-84 pilot ejected and landed safely by parachute. Both C-119 planes (51-8235 and 51-8241) were lost with eight crew killed and two parachuted so safety. It has not been confirmed if these survivors came from 51-8235 or 51-8241.
Sources:
» Edwin Lee (E-mail, 7 July 2018)» Fairchild C-82 and C-119 / Alwyn T. Lloyd, Aerofax, 2005
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