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| Date: | Sunday 27 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-133A Cargomaster |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1611 |
| MSN: | 45508 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Dover AFB, DE, USA -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dover AFB, DE (DOV/KDOV) |
Crashed at sea, 32 minutes after takeoff from Dover AFB, DE, near the SHAD intersection (37° 43 N 73° W).
A life raft and nose gear assembly recovered 28 May, 53 miles east of Ocean City, MD.
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