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| Date: | Sunday 19 January 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-2597 |
| MSN: | 16219 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 445 km SW off Honolulu, Hawaii -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
| Kwajalein Airport (KWA/PKWA) |
Missing over the Pacific Ocean. The Stratofreighter was on a flight from Fairfield-Travis AFB, CA (SUU) to Hickam AFB (HIK), Hawaii and Wake Island (AWK).
The navy confirmed that debris found 277 miles to the southwest of Honolulu, was wreckage of the plane.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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