| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | 57-495 |
| Alternate Serial: | 70495 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed C-130D Hercules (L-182) |
| C/n (msn): | 182-3202 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | Tactical Air Command |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Greenland |
| Photo Date: | 11 April 1959 to 31 December 1959 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 390153 |
| Photo Comment |
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Landing at a US camp in Greenland, perhaps DYE-2 radar station, in support of the EGIG expedition. By January 1960 this airframe deployed to Antarctica, becoming the first C-130 to land at the South Pole. Back in Greenland it crashed at DYE-3 in 1972. Photo by: Fritz Brandenberger / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich This photo was added on 10 September 2021, and has since been viewed 480 times. |