The C-124 Globemaster disappeared under an avalanche of rock and snow after flying into a mountain during a winter storm on Nov. 22, 1952.

The plane, built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, was completely different from the then-workhorse C-124 Globemaster II: it was pressurized, had a truck-level cargo deck, rear loading doors and a ...

This summer is the fourth that U.S. troops and civilians have combed Colony Glacier in Alaska to recover wreckage and identify 52 service members aboard a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in 1952.

The aircraft would become known as the C-17A Globemaster III, sharing the Globemaster title with two previous cargo planes, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.

McChord Field has been home to several military cargo aircraft -- the C-47 Skytrain, the C-82 Packet, the C-124 Globemaster II and the C-141 Starlifter -- going back to World War II.

On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II taking off from McChord Field, which had 52 passengers and crewmembers aboard, crashed into Mount Gannett while flying to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

CHICAGO (CBS) – More than 70 years after being killed in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft crash, a Chicago service member finally received the sendoff he deserved.

Two more of the 52 service members who were killed in 1952 when a C-124 Globemaster II crashed in Alaska have been identified, the Air Force announced on Thursday.

On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster aircraft crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from McChord Air Force Base, Washington. Read the full story on Military.com.

Based on the material recovered, a positive correlation between the wreckage and the 1952 crash of Airman Anderson's C-124 was made. Tonja Anderson heard about it on the news.