| Date: | Wednesday 3 May 1972 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | Air National Guard |
| Registration: | 52-1055 |
| MSN: | 43964 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 68 km SE of Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM) -
 Suriname
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro (unknown airport), RJ |
| Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport (PBM/SMJP) |
Flew into a 1716 feet high hill. The airplane operated on a flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Memphis, TN, USA with an en route stop at Paramaribo, Suriname.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Times Daily - May 6, 1972
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