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Date: | Wednesday 18 April 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-50D-110-BO Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | 340th BSqn /97th BGp USAF |
Registration: | 49-0279 |
MSN: | 16055 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2miles SSW of Biggs AFB, Texas -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Biggs AFB, TX |
Destination airport: | Biggs AFB, TX |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The B-50D (pilot Ernest J. Wells) crashed shortly after take-off due to mechanical failure. The navigator was killed.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2013 08:43 |
Tetrapack |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Mar-2020 13:23 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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