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| Date: | Tuesday 10 February 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C-18-FA Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 50-127 |
| MSN: | 10445 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 24 km N of Bitburg Air Base (BBJ) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bitburg Air Base (BBJ/EDRB) |
Crashed during a GCA approach in snow storm.
Sources:
The 317th Veterans Group Web site (usaf317thvet.org)
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