26
Mar
Douglas R5D Skymaster (DC-4) –
On departure from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, the U.S. Navy R5D experienced a failed engine immediately after takeoff. The plane s...
26
Mar
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) – L2-2/90
The C-47 crashed into houses following engine trouble on takeoff. The pilot and co-pilot plus 2 persons on the ground sustained serious...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47A-80-DL (DC-3) – 43-15209
The C-47A transport plane ditched in the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Iwo Jima Air Base. All 13 occupants were rescued.
26
Mar
Douglas DC-4-1009 – JA6011
The no. 1 engine caught fire immediately after takeoff at an altitude of 300 feet. A forced landing was carried out in a rice field.
26
Mar
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – 52-5930
The C-119 transport aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain near Yawata, Japan. A Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw search helicopter crashed in ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47D (DC-3) – 43-49792
A USAF Douglas C-47D transport plane collided with a North American F-100 Super Sabre fighter above Fukuoka City. Two civilian were hou...
26
Mar
Douglas VC-47A (DC-3) – 43-47979
While flying, a Douglas VC-47A crashed into mountains near Hakuba (or Shirouma) Town, Toyama Prefecture.
26
Mar
26
Mar
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – 52-5885
A Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar crashed into the sea during a local flight out of Ashiya Air Base, Japan.