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| Date: | Wednesday 30 May 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 56513 |
| MSN: | 10739 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Busan (Pusan) West Air Base (PUS) -
 South Korea
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit mountain at south end of Pusan West Air Base, also known as K-1 airfield.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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