Date: | Tuesday 15 January 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 52-1027 |
MSN: | 43936 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Tacoma-McChord AFB, WA (TCM) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:A fire broke out at McChord AFB, causing the destruction of two maintenance hangars. A Douglas C-118 (53-3263) and a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II (52-1027) were destroyed. Two other planes, a Lockheed T-33 jet and a de Havilland Canada L-20 Beaver were damaged.
Sources:
Destruction at air base (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, 1957-01-16)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Location
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