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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2665 |
| MSN: | 10654 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km E of Lapine, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The C-119 lost control during a training flight. All six crew men bailed out at 4000 feet. The airplane crashed into a heavily wooded area.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Apr 1, 1955
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