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| Date: | Friday 13 July 1956 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-118A (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3301 |
| MSN: | 44672/639 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 66 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 2 km S of Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI/KWRI) |
| Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT) |
Windshear after departure; descended into forest and crashed.
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