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A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.

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Douglas C-124 Globemaster II

American heavy lift military aircraft with 4 piston engines, 1946

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is a retired American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.
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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…
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Mount Gannett

Mountain in Alaska, United States

Mount Gannett is a 9,629-foot (2,935 m) peak in the Chugach Mountains of eastern Alaska, United States, located 50 miles (80 km) east of the city of Anchorage. It was named by Lawrence Martin of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1911 for Henry Gannett. One arm of the Knik Glacier…
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November 22

Day of the year

November 22 is the 326th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 39 days remain until the end of the year.
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