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| Date: | Thursday 8 March 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0020 |
| MSN: | 3047 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km N of Alençon -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Évreux-Fauville Air Base (EVX/LFOE) |
Crashed in poor weather. The Hercules was returning to Evreux Air Base following a mission with five other Hercules planes.
Sources:
The 317th Veterans Group Web site (usaf317thvet.org)
Aérosteles : Lieux de mémoire aéronautique
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