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| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15467 |
| MSN: | 19933 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tachikawa Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
Crashed and burned in a field two minutes after take-off. Mechanic survived critical injured.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
Youngstown Vindicator 8 July 1958, p4
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