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Crash of a Boeing KB-50D-125-BO Stratofortress near Fukushima: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1964
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
49-0377
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Misawa - Yokota
MSN:
16153
YOM:
1949
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on its way from Misawa AFB to Yokota AFB with 11 crew members on board. Following an uneventful refuelling mission, something went wrong and the airplane went out of control. Four crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area located in the region of Fukushima. The seven crew members who remained in the cabin were killed.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando off Tomakomai: 35 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1954 at 1350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-78027
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tachikawa – Misawa – Sapporo
MSN:
33423
YOM:
1945
Flight number:
USAF27A
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
35
Circumstances:
About thirty minutes after it left Misawa AFB, the crew informed ATC that a fire broke out in the main cabin. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 30 km south of Tomakomai. All 35 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Unknown in-flight fire.

Crash of a Douglas SC-47D in Misawa AFB

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1950
Operator:
Registration:
43-49681
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
15497/26942
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. Occupant fate remains unknown.