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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair C-54GM North Star |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 17501 |
| MSN: | 108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 622 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Rockliffe-CFB Ottawa North, ON -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rockcliffe RCAF Station, ON (YRO/CYRO) |
Destroyed in ground fire. The fire started below the cargo deck, while the Argonaut was being loaded for a flight.
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