ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336051
| Date: | Thursday 2 November 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 49-189 |
| MSN: | 10426 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bridgeport, AL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft operated on a ferry flight. The flight was unable to land in a blinding rainstorm at their destination. The crew decided to bailed out of their C-119C near Brandwood, Nashville, Tennessee. The aircraft continued for 100 miles and crashed near Bridgeport, Alabama.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
San Bernardino Sun 3 November 1950, p27
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