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| Date: | Thursday 26 January 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-118A (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-17626 |
| MSN: | 43670/258 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
| Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
Crashed at sea.
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