Air disaster

1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash

22 Nov 1952 · 61.23° N, 149.04° W

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When
22 Nov 1952
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
61.23° N, 149.04° W
Description
1952 aviation accident in Alaska, United States
Deaths
52

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1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash

1952 aviation accident in Alaska, United States

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 men on board were killed. Weather conditions at the time of the crash made search and recovery impossible.

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