Date:	Sunday 1 March 1953
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	42-96539
MSN:	30201
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,6 km ESE of Avon, IN -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Aurora-Lowry AFB, CO
Destination airport:	Columbus-Atterbury AFB, IN

Narrative:
The occupants bailed out after the flight became lost in a blinding snowstorm. The airplane crashed into a farm field.

Youngstown Indicator 2 March 1953, p1+2 (placed on 2 March 1959)
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)

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