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The 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance involved a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II of the 2nd Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, which ditched into the Atlantic Ocean on the late afternoon of 23 March 1951 after reporting a fire in the cargo hold.
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.
1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance; M. 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash; 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash; T. Tachikawa air disaster
CNAC aircraft went missing over the Himalayas while flying a cargo of 50 kg (110-pound) tin bars to Dinjan. April 17, 1943: Dragon DH84A 5: Unknown New South Wales, Australia: Dragon DH84A, A34-47 of 34 Squadron RAAF went missing on a flight between Mascot Airfield, in Sydney and Essendon Airfield in Melbourne via Forest Hill on Saturday 17 ...
[41 Army and Air Force passengers and 11 crewmen.] [213] 4th worst accident involving a Douglas C-124 This includes crashes as a result of criminal acts (shoot down, sabotage etc.) and does also include ground fatalities. 4th loss of a Douglas C-124. This is the 4th Douglas C-124 plane that was damaged beyond repair as result of an accident, a ...
1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance; ... 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance This page was last edited on 8 February 2024, at 07:18 (UTC). ...
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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 people on board were killed.