Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar crash, Dec 12, 1961 (5 killed)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar accident on December 12, 1961 near Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium with 5 fatalities. Cause: Mid air collision attributed...
- Date: December 12, 1961
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
- Location: Chièvres AFB Hainaut, Belgium
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Mid air collision attributed to a lack of coordination at flight control.
Two Belgian Air Force Fairchild C 119 Flying Boxcars took off from Chièvres Air Base for a local training exercise on 12 December 1961. They collided in the air and crashed in a field near Montignies lez Lens, killing all 13 crew on both aircraft, five of them on CP 23. Wikipedia and another accident list also report eight deaths on the ground.