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| Date: | Tuesday 15 April 1969 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 135749 |
| MSN: | 4316 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | SE off Chongjin -
 North Korea
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
| Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA) |
Shot down by 2 North Korean MiG-17 fighters over the Sea of Japan.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
A New Lesson In The Limits Of Power (Dean Boys' website)
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