Milwaukee – Homestead – Cockburn Town

On June 5, 1965 at 12:00 AM, Milwaukee – Homestead – Cockburn Town experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Acklins Island Acklins.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane departed Homestead AFB at 1947LT bound for Cockburn Town, Turks & Caicos Islands with a crew of five and five mechanics on board who were to fix the engine of a C-119. In the evening, while cruising over the Bahamas by night, the airplane disappeared from radar screens and the crew was unable to send any distress call. The last radio communication was recorded while the aircraft was over the region of Crooked Island. Extensive SAR operations were conducted for several days but eventually suspended as no trace of the aircraft nor the 10 occupants was found. On July 18, 1965 debris were found on a beach located on Acklins Island, Bahamas.

Aircraft reference details include registration 51-2680, MSN 10669, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.3673°, -74.0288°.