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 |
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] |
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