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| Date: | Friday 4 November 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-22996 |
| MSN: | 10040 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km S of Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shreveport-Barksdale AFB, LA (BAD/KBAD) |
| Cheyenne-Warren AFB, WY (FEW) |
The C-82A transport plane force-landed in a cotton field after developing engine problems on takeoff. The pilot of the aircraft and one cotton picker were killed.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The Milwaukee Journal - Nov 4, 1949
San Bernardino Sun 5 November 1949, p2
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