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| Date: | Wednesday 24 March 1965 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1075 |
| MSN: | 43984 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cordova, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
| Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
The starboard wing failed outside the no. 4 engine. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a wooded gully.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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