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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 1961 |
| Time: | 02:33 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-174 |
| MSN: | 43508 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM/KTCM) |
| Lawton Municipal Airport, OK (LAW/KLAW) |
The C-124 transport plane was returning men who had participated in Exercise Lava Plains at Yakima, WA. It carried an additional truck, jeep and two trailers.
The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
The Spokesman-Review - May 24, 1961
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