1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance
The 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance involved a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II of the 2nd Strategic Support Squadron , Strategic Air Command , which ditched on the late afternoon of 23 March 1951 , after an explosion in the cargo and ensuing fire forced the pilots to ditch the aircraft at 50 degrees 22 minutes North , 22 degrees 20 minutes West , in the Atlantic Ocean several hundred nautical miles West Southwest of Ireland , as recorded in the logbook of the USCGC Cutter "Casco" . 
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