ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48314
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| Date: | 30-OCT-1981 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52D-55-BO Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 22nd BWg USAF (22nd Bomb Wingg United States Air Force) |
| Registration: | 55-0078 |
| C/n / msn: | 17194 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 9 miles east of La Junta, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | March AFB, CA |
Crashed and destroyed October 30 1981: On low‑level route during night mission simulating a bombing run. It was flying about 400 feet altitude just before it crashed into the south-eastern Colorado prairie, when it struck a 20-foot sand dune about nine miles east of La Junta, CO
Crew of 8 Killed:
Pilot: Capt. James L MacGregor USAF killed.
Co-pilot: Capt Gani Aydoner USAF killed.
Capt Clifford R Duane USAF killed.
1st/Lt. Kendall E Wallace USAF killed.
Capt Stanley H Eddleman USAF killed.
Sen/Airman Timothy E McFarland USAF killed.
A1C Bruce E Schaefer USAF killed.
A1C David W Smith USAF killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171101061754/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/b52_stratofortress.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1955.html
www.baaa-acro.com/archives/1981-JUL-DEC.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jan-2009 12:09 | harro | Updated |
| 27-Oct-2009 23:49 | JINX | Updated |
| 19-Feb-2013 08:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 15:57 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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