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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Kaiser-Frazer C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-8140 |
| MSN: | KMC-243 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kings Ranch, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Harlingen AFB, TX |
| San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF) |
The airplane caught fire shortly after takeoff from Harlingen AFB. All four crew members bailed out and the airplane crashed.
Sources:
SMSGT WILLIAM McDOUGALL (by e-mail Feb. 23, 2006)
The Victoria Advocate 23 June 1961, p1
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