Narrative:
Landed short of the runway and broke up.
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 27 April 1955 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0991 |
| MSN: | 43900 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB) ( Canada)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Churchill Airport, MB (YYQ/CYYQ), Canada |
| Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU (YFB/CYFB), Canada |
Landed short of the runway and broke up.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Churchill Airport, MB to Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU as the crow flies is 1451 km (907 miles).
Distance from Churchill Airport, MB to Iqaluit-Frobisher Bay Airport, NU as the crow flies is 1451 km (907 miles).
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