Narrative:
Crashed on a hilly, wooded area of a farm during a Ground Controlled Approach to Bunker Hill AFB during a snow storm.
» Logansport Press January 07,1959
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 4 January 1959 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119CF Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2624 |
| MSN: | 10613 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Peru-Bunker Hill AFB, IN (GUS) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Peru-Bunker Hill AFB, IN (GUS/KGUS), United States of America |
Crashed on a hilly, wooded area of a farm during a Ground Controlled Approach to Bunker Hill AFB during a snow storm.
Sources:
» The News-Sentinel 5 January 1959, p1/7 January 1959, p1» Logansport Press January 07,1959
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