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| Date: | Sunday 9 August 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C-22-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2542 |
| MSN: | 10500 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 48 km S of Gharyan -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Udine Airfield (UDN/LIPD) |
| Tripoli-Wheelus Air Base (MJI/HLLM) |
Crashed in desert out of gas. Occupants bailed out.
Sources:
L'Unita 11-8-1953
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
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