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| Date: | Friday 17 July 1953 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar (C-119F) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131663 |
| MSN: | 10830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 46 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Milton-Whiting Field NAS, FL (NSE/KNSE) |
| Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) |
Crashed into a wooded area after takeoff.
The Packet was part of a large airlift carrying Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students from summer training in Corpus Christi, TX., back to Norfolk. The airplane had stopped at Whiting Field to refuel.
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