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| Date: | Monday 12 March 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-069 |
| MSN: | G-27 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km off Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
Crashed into Placentia Bay immediately after takeoff from Naval Air Station Argentia (NWP).
The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Amarillo, Texas to Spain to be taken on charge by the Spanish Air Force. En route stops were planned at Argentia NAS and the Azores.
Sources:
Daily News, 13 March 1956
Hartford Courant (Mar 13, 1956)
George Armstrong (E-mail 20-7-2016)
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