- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 23, 1963
Time: 1200
Location: Near Augustdorf, West Germany
Operator: Military - Royal Belgian Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Brussels - Gütersloh
AC Type: Fairchild C-119
Registration: CP-45
cn / ln: 246
Aboard: 47   (passengers:42  crew:5)
Fatalities: 38   (passengers:33  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft was accidentally hit in the wing by a phosphorus mortar shell fired by a British Army unit setting the aircraft on fire. Nine paratroopers were able to jump to safety before the plane crashed.
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