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There were 107 cargo-type aircraft destroyed, resulting in a materiel loss of many millions of dollars. The first airplane crash with over 100 fatalities involved a Douglas C-124A Globemaster carrying U.S. military personnel from Japan to Korea on June 18, 1953.
The accident took place at 6:27 a.m. on December 20. There were 105 passengers and 10 crew members. Eighty-two passengers and 5 crew members were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. The four pictures below were contributed to the Korean War Educator by Howell and Peggy McCarley.
a troop plane crash in Korea Feb. 22, died of hepatitis Thurs- day in Brooke Army Medical Cen- ter, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sgt. Hile was severely burned about the legs and hands when a large Air Force plane set down on a sand bar in the Han River less than five minutes after taking off from Seoul's Kempo Air Field. Though burned, he went into the
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Feb 21, 2010 · About the Crash. A Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II aircraft (registration number 51-0141) departed from Kimpo International Airport on February 22, 1957, and crashed shortly after takeoff at 20:00. There were 159 occupants on the plane (10 crew members and 149 passengers), and of those 22 were fatalities.
The Douglas Globemaster was operating as part of Operation Sleighride, an airlift to bring home Korean War veterans and enlisted men from Northwest bases. On departure from Larson AFB (LRN), the left wing struck the ground. The plane cartwheeled, broke up and caught fire.
Jun 9, 2012 · The wreckage of the plane was found on November 28, 1952, on the south side of Mount Gannett by Terris Moore from the Fairbanks Civil Air Patrol and Lieutenant Thomas Sullivan from the 10th Air Rescue Squadron. The pair spotted the tail section of the C-124 sticking out of the snow at about 8,100 feet close to the summit of Mount Gannett.
2560 × 1707. Published in. Ted Williams Goes to War. Williams had an eventful introduction to air combat in Korea. Advised to eject from his severely damages F9F Panther, he stayed with the airplane making a belly landing at a forward airfield. (U.S. Navy)
