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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 1957 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 140156 |
| MSN: | 726-7059 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pinerolo -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Neptune was engaged in searching for missing P2V-6 126535 when it flew into a box canyon in the Italian Alps It impacted Monte Granero.
Sources:
L'Unitá 22-7-1957
L'Unitá 24-7-1957
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