Narrative:
Crashed after engine failure. All 37 airborne infantrymen and three crew members bailed out before the airplane crashed.
» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan 12, 1955
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 11 January 1955 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5949 |
| MSN: | 11136 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) NE of Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Smyrna-Sewart AFB, TN (MQY/KMQY), United States of America |
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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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