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| Date: | Tuesday 22 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131390 |
| MSN: | 4310 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km SW of Markt Schwaben -
 Germany
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF) |
| Frankfurt-Rhein-Main AFB (FRF/EDAF) |
The aircraft from the Fleet Airborne Reconnaissance Sqdrn Two (VQ-2) crashed when the tail empennage tore off in flight.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
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