Accident Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4) 56496,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336083
 

Date:Tuesday 19 September 1950
Time:05:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas R5D-3 (DC-4)
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 56496
MSN: 10624
Year of manufacture:1945
Fatalities:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:2,5 km E off Kwajalein NAS (KWA) -   Marshall Islands
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Kwajalein Atoll/Dryess Aaf (PKRO)
Destination airport:Tokyo (unknown airport)
Narrative:
Crashed into sea, shortly after takeoff from runway 07 at NAS Kwajalein on a flight to Tokyo.

Sources:

US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher

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