Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 14 March 1954
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 52-5908
Location: Fort Benning-Lawson AFB, GA (LSF) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: C-119 transport planesC-119 transport planes
Category: Other
A tornado struck Lawson Air Force Base, causing significant damage to eight C-119 transport planes. One plane flipped over onto a destroyed hangar.A tornado struck Lawson Air Force Base, causing significant damage to eight C-119 transport planes. One plane flipped over onto a destroyed hangar.
Description
Eight C-119 transport planes were damaged when a tornado struck Lawson Air Force Base. 52-5908 flipped on its back onto destroyed hangar.
Source of Information
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19540315&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SBS19540315&e=——-en–20–1–txt-txIN——–1Primary Cause
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