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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
Unknown
[act]
57-468
C-130A
Unknown
[act]
57-468
USAF 815 TCS
C-130A
20 May 1959
[msh]
57-468
USAF 815 TCS
C-130A
Lost control on landing after an engine failure and crashed into barracks at Ashiya AB, Japan killing one crew in the aircraft and nine military ground personnel.
20 May 1959
[w/o]
57-468
USAF 815 TCS
C-130A
Abbreviations and symbols:
[act]
Active
[i/a]
Instructional Airframe
[sto]
Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld]
Cancelled Order
[msh]
Involved in Mishap
[w/o]
Write-off
[con]
Converted
[o/o]
On Order
[des]
Destroyed (drone)
[pre]
Preserved (museum, gateguard)
T/V
LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb]
Embargoed
[scr]
Scrapped
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May 08, 2020 - 11:48 PM
PHOTOS OF C-130 CRASH ASHIYA AB, JAPAN ON MAY 20, 1959 A/2C Patrick R. Doolin
FROM: A/2C Patrick R. Doolin Ashiya AB, Japan May 20,1959
Patrick R. Doolin
1011 Heatherwood Drive, SE
Huntsville, AL 35802
email: finton@comcast.net
May 8th, 2020
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