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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1964 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1008 |
| MSN: | 43917 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW of Cooperton, Kiowa, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Clovis AFB, NM (CVS/KCVS) |
| Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
A Douglas C-124C Globemaster II military transport plane was destroyed when it crashed near Cooperton, Kiowa, OK. All six crew members were killed.
The airplane wreckage was scatted over a two-square-mile area.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Altus Times-Democrat - May 10, 1964
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