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| Date: | Sunday 12 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2653 |
| MSN: | 10642 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Châteauroux-Déols Air Base (CHR) -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Châteauroux-Déols Air Base (CHR/LFLX) |
Hit the ground short of the runway at Châteauroux Air Base, France.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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