ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333464
| Date: | xx Oct 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0745 |
| MSN: | 3543 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Evreux Airport (EVX) -
 France
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
One of the wings was destroyed in a fire which erupted after a fuel pump exploded during refueling at Evreux, France.
The fuselage was later towed 600 miles from Evreux to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. It was towed to Spangdahlem to be used to repair the nose and fuselage of C-130B 58-0734 which had heavy damage to those sections from another accident.
Sources:
317th Veteran Group: The Amazing Evreux C-130 Tow
The 317th Veterans Group Web site (usaf317thvet.org)
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