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Date: | Thursday 2 July 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boeing B-47B-45-BW Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | 368th BSqn /306th BWg USAF |
Registration: | 51-2267 |
MSN: | 450320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | One mile south of RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Boeing B-47B-45-BW Stratojet 51-267, 368th BSqn, 306th BWg, USAF: Written off (destroyed) July 2 1953. The aircraft was on final approach for a landing at RAF Upper Heyford when it stalled, nosed down and spun in, crashing one mile south of the airfield, killing the four aircrew on board:
Aircraft Commander, Major Thomas P. Russell II
Pilot Captain John M. Prinz
Observer/Navigator, Captain James D. Koons and
Crew Chief, M/Sgt. J. C. Bass
The aircraft was one of the USAF 306th Bombardment Wing's forty five B-47's from MacDill AFB, Florida, USA on a 90 day deployed 'Temporary duty posting', into RAF Fairford, UK.
Sources:
1.
https://b-47.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Boeing-B-47-Losses-and-Ejections.pdf 2. The Tampa Times, FL - 3rd. July 1953
3. Miami Herald, FL - 8th. July 1953
4. Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - 2nd July 1953
5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - 3rd July 1953
6. Asheville Citizen Times, NC - 2nd July 1953
7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom 8.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html 9.
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/b47stratojet_512045-512445.html 10.
https://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jun-2013 08:32 |
Uli Elch |
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20-May-2017 21:10 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2017 18:22 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2017 19:17 |
TB |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
18-Jul-2020 23:13 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jul-2020 08:19 |
Yarbi |
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02-May-2021 23:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
02-May-2021 23:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
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04-May-2021 17:02 |
Fanda |
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23-Dec-2023 20:49 |
klrussell |
Updated [Narrative] |