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  2. 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance - Wikipedia

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    All that was found was some charred plywood and a briefcase. [3] The survivors' bodies were never found. Overall, the fate of the crashed C-124 and its 53 occupants remains undetermined. [2] James Hopkins, Jr., Aircraft Commander on Big Stink (the third aircraft on the August 1945 Nagasaki Atomic Bombing mission), was among those on board.

  3. Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.

  4. 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash - Wikipedia

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    The 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash was an accident in which a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force crashed into Mount Gannett, a peak in the Chugach Mountains in the American state of Alaska, on November 22, 1952. All of the 52 men on board were killed.

  5. List of missing aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (49-0244) 53: In-flight fire (presumed) North Atlantic Ocean (near Shannon, Ireland) Main article: 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance • An onboard fire of unknown origin prompted the pilots to ditch. When the USCSC Casco reached the ditching site a day later, the aircraft and its occupants could not be found. July ...

  6. 5 bodies found in the wreckage of a U.S. military aircraft ...

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    A search team investigating the deadly crash of a U.S. military aircraft in the sea off Japan last week has found wreckage and the remains of five missing crew members, the Air Force said Monday ...

  7. Tachikawa air disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Tachikawa air disaster (Japanese: 立川基地グローブマスター機墜落事故, Hepburn: Tachikawa kichi Gurōbumasutā-ki tsuiraku jiko) 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.

  8. Crew finds submerged wreckage of missing jet that ... - AOL

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    Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. Initial ...

  9. Pan Am Flight 526A - Wikipedia

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    Nine minutes after takeoff, the aircraft ditched in rough seas [3] 18 kilometres (11 mi) NW of San Juan Airport, [4] broke apart and sank after three minutes. [2] Panicking passengers refused to leave the sinking wreck. [5] 52 passengers were killed, and 17 passengers and crew members were rescued by the United States Coast Guard. [6]