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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1968 |
| Time: | 14:47 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3159 |
| MSN: | 11170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km N of Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH (ILN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wilmington-Clinton Field, OH (ILN/KILN) |
| Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH/KFMH) |
The C-119 crashed and caught fire shortly after take-off. Apparently one of the engines had lost power.
Sources:
Xenia Daily Gazette August 10,1968
San Bernardino Sun 10 August 1968, p3
remarkableohio.org
Folha de São Paulo 11 August 1968, p2
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