ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48393
Last updated: 15 March 2021
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Date: | 19-NOV-1963 |
Time: | |
Type: |  Boeing B-52E-90-BO Stratofortress |
Owner/operator: | 6th BWg USAF (6th Bomb Wingg United States Air Force) |
Registration: | 56-0655 |
C/n / msn: | 17338 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Roswell-Walker AFB, New Mexico -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Destroyed by fire on November 19 1963 during maintenance whilst parked at Walker AFB, New Mexico. No casualties reported. At least one member of the maint. team was pinned by a collapsed wing & burned to death. The Crew Chief dove out of a cockpit window & suffered a fractured spine.
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/1956.html www.strategic-air-command.com/gallery/downloads/sac305.doc
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Nov-2008 10:15 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-Nov-2009 08:00 |
JINX |
Updated |
15-Feb-2013 22:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
31-Jan-2019 16:42 |
wf |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
22-Apr-2019 14:25 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
11-Mar-2020 16:29 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |