ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335038
| Date: | Sunday 12 September 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-1052 |
| MSN: | 43961 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km from Thule Air Base (THU) -
 Greenland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Thule Air Base (THU/BGTL) |
| Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
The C-124 Globemaster II departed Thule (THU), Greenland on a MATS flight back to Westover AFB (CEF). Twelve minutes after takeoff the pilot radioed an emergency and turned around. The airplane crashed just short of Thule.
Sources:
Ellensburg Daily Record - Sep 13, 1954
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