| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 23, 1951 |
| Time: | 0050 |
| Location: | Over the North Atlantic |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Loring AFB - Lakeheath AFB |
| AC Type: | Douglas C-124A Globemaster |
| Registration: | 49-0244 |
| cn / ln: | 43173 |
| Aboard: | 53 (passengers:48 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 53 (passengers:48 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft may have suffered an catastrophic explosion and crashed into the sea approximately 450 miles west of Limerick, Ireland. Early report of life rafts and survivors turned out to be incorrect. Cause unknown. |
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