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| Date: | Wednesday 10 October 1956 |
| Time: | 22:10 |
| Type: |  Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131588 |
| MSN: | 43691/321 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 590 km WSW off Land's End, UK -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lakenheath RAF Station (LKZ/EGUL) |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Wheels and a raft were found about 370 miles west-southwest of Land's End, England.
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