Date:	Saturday 1 September 1951
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-47B Stratojet
Owner/operator:	Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Plant, Kansas,
Registration:	50-024
MSN:	450039
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 miles northeast of Wichita AFB (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kans -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Wichita Air Force Base (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kansas, USA
Destination airport:	Wichita Air Force Base (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kansas, USA
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The aircraft was on a test flight out of the Boeing Wichita Plant airfield, accompanied by Boeing B-47 Stratojet 50-007, when they suffered a mid-air collision at 2000 ft.
A spokesman for the Boeing Airplane Company said that one of the aircraft had suffered a malfunction with its front main landing gear. The Boeing Airfield control requested a fly past of the tower for a visual inspection, but a clear view of the undercarriage was not possible, so the tower ordered the accompanying B-47 to carry out a close underside inspection of the landing gear, it was then that the collision occurred and both aircraft spun in, crashed and exploded, 5 miles northeast of Wichita, killing the two aircrew, Boeing chief Test Pilot, Doug Heimburger and Test Pilot, Steve Gatti and the two test pilots in B-47 50-007.

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html
www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com, Newspapers.com
San Bernardino Sun, CA - 3rd September 1951
Salt Lake Telegram, UT - 3rd September 1951
Joplin Globe, MO - 3rd September 1951
Tampa Tribune, FL - 3rd September 1951
Salma Times Journal, AL - 3rd September 1951

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jun-2013 08:00	Uli Elch	Added
26-Aug-2013 03:04	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2013 03:07	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source]
31-Oct-2017 17:36	TB	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Jul-2020 21:59	Peter Clarke	Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]