Airplane Crash - Nar Augustdorf, West Germany 06/23/1963
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Nar Augustdorf, West Germany
| Date | 06/23/1963 |
| Time | 12:00 |
| Location | Nar Augustdorf, West Germany |
| Operator | Military - Royal Belgian Air Force |
| Type | Fairchild C-119 |
| Registration | CP-45 |
| Aboard | 47 |
| Fatalities | 38 |
| 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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