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Date: | Thursday 16 November 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing KB-29M Superfortress |
Owner/operator: | 307th ARSqn /43rd BGp USAF |
Registration: | 44-70024 |
MSN: | 10856 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 10 |
Other fatalities: | 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Comobabi, Pima County, about 50 miles west of Tucson, Arizona -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA)Tucson, AZ |
Destination airport: | Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA) AZ |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Boeing KB-29M Superfortress 44-70024: Delivered to the USAAF 9 April 1945. Modified to KB-29M at Boeing, Wichita, Kansas. Assigned to 307th Air Refueling Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
Written off (destroyed) 16 November 1950: The KB-29M aircraft was engaged in a refuelling mission out of Davis-Monthan and was carrying a crew of 10. While cruising at an assigned altitude of 9,000 feet, the aircraft collided with a USAF Boeing B-50 (46-00047, of the 43rd BG, 63rd BS) that was completing a training sortie from Davis-Monthan with a crew of 13 on board.
Both aircraft went into a dive and crashed in a desert area located in the region of Comobabi, about 50 miles west of Tucson. On board the B-29, six crew members were killed while four others were injured. On board the B-50, seven crew members were killed while six others were injured. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unclear.
NOTE: Some sources (see links #3 & #4) give the crash location as "10 miles North of Nakyama, Arizona". However, no such location had been found. Comobabi is both a census-designated place (CDP) and a populated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 8 at the 2010 census. Comobabi is located at 32°03′14″N 111°48′10″W
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1950/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-kb-29m-superfortress-near-comobabi-6-killed/]
3.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1950s/1950Nov.htm 4.
http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/airplane_crashes/airplane_accidents.pdf 5.
http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/0300/307%20AIR%20REFUELING%20SQ.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Aug-2011 12:07 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
20-Jun-2017 19:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
31-Jan-2021 20:22 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |