Date:	Tuesday 26 February 1957
Time:	10:45
Type:	Douglas C-47D (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	43-49792
MSN:	27053/15608
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fukuoka -   Japan
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A USAF Douglas C-47D transport plane collided with a North American F-100 Super Sabre fighter above Fukuoka City. Two civilian were houses destroyed.
The F-100 pilot managed to land safely at Itazuke Air Base.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
The Aviation Forum thread [Accident Report] JASDF aircraft accidents in 1965 to 2005 in Japan
The Times-News - Feb 26, 1957

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