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| Date: | Sunday 27 June 1954 |
| Time: | 03:08 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-2654 |
| MSN: | 16685 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 8 km N of Riverside-March AFB, CA (RIV) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Altus AFB, OK (LTS/KLTS) |
| Riverside-March AFB, CA (RIV/KRIV) |
Crashed into Box Springs Mountain. The airplane was diverting to San Bernardino-Norton AFB due to poor weather conditions at the destination, March AFB. It impacted a mountain and crashed on a boulder-strewn ridge.
Sources:
Chicago Tribune, June 28, 1954
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