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| Date: | Friday 22 March 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing C-97C Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-702 |
| MSN: | 16246 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 67 / Occupants: 67 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 320 km SE off Tokyo, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK) |
| Tokyo-Yokota AFB (OKO/RJTY) |
Missing over Pacific.
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