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| Date: | Monday 6 July 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-254 |
| MSN: | 43183 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km from Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD/KBAD) |
Crashed and caught fire. The airplane was on a nuclear logistics movement mission. The aircraft was destroyed by fire which also destroyed one weapon, causing slight contamination.
Sources:
7 Injured In Plane Crash (Mansfield News Journal, 1959-07-07)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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