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| Date: | Sunday 6 September 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131583 |
| MSN: | 43686/308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bermuda-Kindley Field NAS (NWU) -
 Bermuda
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bermuda-Kindley Field NAS (NWU) |
The DC-6 landed short, crashed and burned. It was on a flight from England to Florida.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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