| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas SC-47A |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 43-15689 |
| MSN: | 20155 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 100 km off Libya -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Ditched at sea. Pilot Capt Guy M. Allphin (34) went down with the sinking plane. Seven other crewmen were found floating on a rubber raft and were saved by a rescue plane.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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