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| Date: | Friday 18 July 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 44-85349 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carrizozo, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Carrizozo, NM |
| Biggs Field, TX |
Crashed into a service station and exploded while taking off from a highway, injuring four.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19470719.2.141&srpos=4&e=18-07-1947-31-12-1947--en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Carrizozo-------
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