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Date: | Friday 20 May 1955 |
Time: | 21:00 |
Type: | Fairchild C-119 Boxcar |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | off Tunisian coast -
Tunisia
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Phase: | |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Three american crew parachuted into the sea and rescued after one engine of their military plane caught fire. The airplane landed at El-Aouina.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 22 May 1955, pA22
L'Echo d'Oran 22 May 1955
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2019 20:40 |
TB |
Added |
28-Jun-2020 13:06 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative] |