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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54G-1-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-518 |
| MSN: | 35971 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seoul (K-14) Air Base -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Douglas C-54 was damaged by Korean ground-loading crews on 24 June 1950 when a forklift damaged the elevator. Temporary repairs were made with bed sheets and dope and left to dry overnight. The next morning North Korean Yak-9s strafed the field and severely damaged the aircraft. The flight crew collapsed the nose gear and opened the fuel petcocks and set the aircraft on fire.
Sources:
Evening Star, July 1, 1950
Robert D. Fisher (E-mail, 3 May 2015)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Korea_%E2%80%93_Campaigns_%E2%80%93_Hungnam-Pohang-Dong%2C_Uijon-Bu_to_Inchon%2C_Inchon_to_Seoul%2C_Yanggu_to_Hongchon_-_DPLA_-_3375b389e8de2a16c57bea7cfc3abcde_%28page_1%29.jpg
Images:
photo (c) Sgt. Frank C. Kerr; Seoul (K-14) Air Base; 18 September 1950; (publicdomain)
Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. U.S. Marine Corps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2025 07:09 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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