# Tachikawa air disaster

> aviation incident that occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953 when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board

**Wikidata**: [Q11597894](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11597894)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikawa_air_disaster)  
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