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| Date: | Sunday 1 January 1956 |
| Time: | 20:40 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-7866 |
| MSN: | 11921 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km S of Tachikawa Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
| Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
Crashed into a plowed field during a GCA approach to Tachikawa Air Base. Occupants escaped without injuries.
Sources:
Desert Sun 3 January 1956, p3
Hope Star January 3, 1956
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