ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334704
| Date: | Tuesday 3 April 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-5944 |
| MSN: | 11131 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km S of Saijo -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tachikawa Air Base (RJTC) |
| Ashiya Air Base (RJFA) |
A C-119 transport plane went missing during a flight from Tachikawa Air Base to Ashiya Air Base, both in Japan.
The US Air Force reportedly located the wreckage on a mountain peak at an altitude of 6100 feet.
Sources:
Sarasota Journal - Apr 4, 1956
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