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Date: | Tuesday 29 March 1955 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46A |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 41-5199 |
MSN: | 26401 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Greenville, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | NAS Floyd Bennett, NY |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Left the runway on landing, smashed a T-33 jet trainer to pieces, killing a flight instructor, caught fire and came to rest in a snack bar.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 30 March 1955, p41
Singapore Standard 31 March 1955, p7
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/airforce/asp/AF_Monthly_1955.asp Revision history:
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28-Feb-2016 19:03 |
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25-Mar-2019 19:02 |
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31-Dec-2021 21:05 |
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14-Oct-2023 07:18 |
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