ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48311
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| Date: | Monday 13 January 1964 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52D-10-BW Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 484th BW USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0060 |
| MSN: | 464012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Savage Mountain, Garrett County (near Barton, Maryland) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Westover AFB, MA |
| Turner AFB, Albany, GA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The B-52D, radio call-sign 'Buzz One Four' was being ferried from Westover AFB, where it had landed after a 'Chrome Dome' armed patrol to Europe, to its base at Turner AFB.
While cruising at about 30,000 feet the plane's huge vertical fin and rudder assembly was wrenched off by the severe turbulence encountered in a blizzard and the aircraft broke up. The two Mark 53 nuclear weapons on board being ferried were found "relatively intact in the middle of the wreckage", and after Fort Meade's 28th Ordnance Detachment secured them, the weapons were removed two days later to the Cumberland Municipal Airport.
Only two of the five crew survived. Aircraft crashed on January 13 1964 at 01:45 into Savage Mountain, Garrett County (near Barton, Maryland) at approximate co-ordinates 39.565278°N 79.075833°W
Crew:
Pilot: Major Thomas W. McCormick, ejected and survived.
Co-pilot: Captain Parker C. Peedin, ejected and survived.
Bomb aimer : Major Robert E. Townley, did not eject and died in the crash.
Navigator: Major Robert L. Payne, ejected but did not survive the bitter winter conditions on the ground.
Tail gunner: T/Sgt Melvin F. Wooten, bailed out injured and did not survive.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Savage_Mountain_B-52_crash
http://www.salisburypa.com/b52crash.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1955.html
http://www.salisburypa.com/buzzonefour.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171101061754/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/b52_stratofortress.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=51141799
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-May-2009 23:33 | angels one five | Updated |
| 26-Oct-2009 14:21 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Jan-2010 00:13 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2010 05:00 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2010 00:27 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2013 15:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2013 18:33 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 14-Jan-2014 05:18 | dtownley | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 16:22 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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