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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.
1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance; M. 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash; 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash; T. Tachikawa air disaster This page was last edited on 15 January ...
Main article: 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance: June 23, 1950: Douglas DC-4: 58: Unknown United States (Lake Michigan, NW of Benton Harbor) Main article: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501: March 23, 1951: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (49-0244) 53: In-flight fire (presumed) North Atlantic Ocean (near Shannon, Ireland) Main article: 1951 ...
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.
A United States Air Force Douglas C-124A Globemaster II, 49–244, c/n 43173, of the 2d Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, en route from Gander, Newfoundland, to RAF Mildenhall, [89] missing over the Atlantic Ocean; wreckage found near Ireland. 53 went MIA, including Gen. Paul T. Cullen and his command staff, en route to his ...
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1951" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance; C.
Luis Albino was only 6 when he was taken from Jefferson Park Playground in Oakland on Feb. 2, 1951, "by an unknown female who transported him out of state and eventually to the East Coast," police ...
A fact from 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 October 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that in 1951, a United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II vanished, and neither the occupants nor the plane were ever recovered?