Status: | |
Date: | Friday 23 March 1951 |
Type: | Douglas C-124A Globemaster II |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 49-244 |
MSN: | 43173 |
First flight: | |
Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 725 km (453.1 mls) W off Shannon, Ireland ( Atlantic Ocean) |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ), United States of America |
Lakenheath RAF Station (LKZ/EGUL), United Kingdom |