ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98663
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 05-JAN-1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50A-10-BO Superfortress |
| Operator: | 3200th BTS, 3200th PTG, APGC USAF |
| Registration: | 46-021 |
| C/n / msn: | 15741 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Choctawhatchee Bay, 2mi NNE of Okaloosa, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eglin AFB, FL |
| Eglin AFB, FL |
The B-50A ditched in the Choctawhatchee Bay due to an engine failure. Instructor pilot 1st Lt. Park R. Bidwell, Jr., pilot 1st Lt. Vere Short, co-pilot 1st Lt. James S. Wigg, bombardier Maj. William C. McLaughlin and crewmen S/Sgt. Clifford J. Gallipo, M/Sgt. Alton Howard, M/Sgt. William J. Almand, T/Sgt. Samuel G. Broke and Cpl. William F. Fitzpatrick survived the incident. The bodies of flight engineer M/Sgt. Claude Dorman and aerial photographer S/Sgt. William Thomas Bell were recovered by divers.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www3.gendisasters.com/florida/18192/b-50-crash-in-choctawhatchee-bay-fl-jan-1950
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2013 06:52 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2013 10:24 | Tetrapack | Updated [Date] |
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