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| Date: | Thursday 20 February 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141310 |
| MSN: | 4434 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 176 km W off Ilha do Corvo, Azores -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Disappeared between checkpoints Mahogany and Pendulum during routine barrier flight.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mahlon K. Miller, U.S. Navy; off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada; March 1957; (publicdomain)
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