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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1963 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 35 km NE of Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (ABQ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Lowry AFB, CO |
| Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (ABQ/KABQ) |
Crashed and burnt in a dry creek at Diamond Tail Ranch near Albuquerque, NM.
The aircraft was flying Andrews AFB to March AFB with en route stops at Wright-Patterson AFB, Lowry AFB and Kirtland AFB.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 27 April 1963, p24
Albuquerque Journal April 27,1963
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