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| Date: | Monday 18 April 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2648 |
| MSN: | 10637 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ghisonaccia Field, Corsica -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ghisonaccia-Alzitone Airfield (LFKG) |
Crash-landing after engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The four crew members survived.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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