ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48403
Last updated: 10 March 2021
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| Date: | 03-DEC-1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52D-65-BO Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 306th BWg /4252th SWg USAF (306th Bomb Wingg /4252th SWg United States Air Force) |
| Registration: | 55-0115 |
| C/n / msn: | 17231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kadena AB, Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kadena AB, Okinawa |
| Kadena AB, Okinawa |
B-52D s/n 55‑0115 of 306th BW, Kadena AB, attached to 4252th SW. Overshot runway on landing approach to Kadena AB on Decewmber 3 1968. Destroyed by fire, remnants salvaged February 1 1969. No casualties reported.
Sources:
www.scramble.ml (Scamble 253)
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
http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works/v08.n053
www.mil-veh.org/archives/05-09/0968.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Oct-2009 09:12 | JINX | Updated |
| 17-Feb-2013 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:04 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Nov-2020 12:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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