I found this unusual picture the other day. The website is linked below and here is the caption:
On 27 April 1955, a Douglas C-124C Globemaster, operated by the USAF, landed short of the runway and broke up. Although there were no fatalities, the aircraft was written off completely. Ray White, who served at NRS Frobisher Bay, was on duty when it happened. “I was coming off watch from the HF/DF shack at the north end of the runway and was walking along the runway toward the base where the combined RCAF/RCN barracks were located. Halfway along the runway I could see a large aircraft in the distance, over the water off Frobisher Bay. It was banking to starboard and then straightened out, Now I could see the landing lights. As it approached the runway threshold, the aircraft dipped below the level of the runway, then it struggled to climb to the correct altitude. It almost made it, but the landing gear caught on the very end of the runway and the plane did a cartwheel which tore off the starboard wing. The aircraft then flipped over, broke up into many pieces and caught fire. Since I was nearly a mile distant from the wreckage, there was not much I could do. By the time I got there, emergency vehicles were already in action. A few spectators who also came out to investigate were not permitted to come close to the aircraft. The outboard port engine continued to operate for a day or so before the decision was made to shut off the fuel supply”
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October 8, 2009 at 7:05 am