Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crash, Jun 28, 1950 (4 killed)

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar accident on June 28, 1950 near Hendersonville Tennessee, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: Engine fire..

A USAF Fairchild C 119 carrying paratroopers from Fort Campbell suffered a right engine fire on the way to a night parachute exercise. The 26 paratroopers bailed out, and the four crew were killed when the aircraft crashed in a field near Hendersonville, Tennessee, on 28 June 1950.

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