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| Date: | Friday 20 July 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5885 |
| MSN: | 11052 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Ashiya Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ashiya Air Base (RJFA) |
| Ashiya Air Base (RJFA) |
A Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea during a local flight out of Ashiya Air Base, Japan.
Sources:
Lewiston Evening Journal - Jul 20, 1956
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