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| Date: | Thursday 24 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-147 |
| MSN: | 43481 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tachikawa Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
| Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
Struck Mount Chichibu during a training flight.
Sources:
The Spokesman-Review - May 26, 1962
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