ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48408
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| Date: | Friday 7 July 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52D-75-BO Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 22nd BW, assigned to 4133rd BW(P) USAF |
| Registration: | 56-0595 |
| MSN: | 17278 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 20 miles offshore, off Binh Dinh Province , South Vietnam -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Andersen AFB, Guam (PGUA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
B-52D s/n 56‑0595 call sign "Red 2" of 4133 BW(P) (Aircraft from 454th BW). Crashed and destroyed on July 7 1967 in a mid-air collision with B-52 s/n 56-0627 over South China Sea, 20 miles offshore, off Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, while changing formation lead.
Crew: From 454th BW, three killed, three survived
Pilot/Commander:Capt George Westbrook USAF survived.
Co-pilot:Capt Harold Dean Thompson USAF survived.
Nav: Capt Charles Herman Blankenship USAF killed.
Rad/Nav: 1st/Lt George Emerson Jones USAF killed.
EWO: Capt Toki Endo USAF survived.
AG: M/Sgt Olen Burke McLaughlin USAF killed.
Sources:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/military/read.main/18199/
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
http://www.nampows.org/B-52.html
http://www.museumofthesoldier.com/localheros.htm
http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=80954
http://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=79614
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=14475961
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Oct-2009 09:42 | JINX | Updated |
| 17-Feb-2013 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2013 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2014 12:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities] |
| 12-Jan-2015 07:36 | bblack4107 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2019 18:30 | wf | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2019 15:00 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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