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| Date: | Tuesday 19 February 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-78038 |
| MSN: | 33434 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Lost during night insertion mission. Double agent detonated a grenade before bailout.
Sources:
Korean War Aircraft Loss Database (KORWALD)
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