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| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 42-72583 |
| MSN: | 10688 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7 km NW of Osaka-Itami Air Base (ITM) -
 Japan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Osaka-Itami Airport (ITM/RJOO) |
Crashed shortly after takeoff. Three journalists from INS killed.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
L'Unitá 8-9-1950
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