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| Date: | Friday 13 February 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair B-36H-30-CF Vredestichter |
| Owner/operator: | 9th BSqn /7th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 51-5729 |
| MSN: | 276 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 16.5miles SW van Goose AFB, Labrador -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, Engeland |
| Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada |
The aircraft (pilot Clifford Schoeffler) was one of 14 B-36 of the 7th BW returning from the UK to Carswell AFB when it was misguided by GCA Labrador and crash landed on a hill near Goose Bay. Two crew members in the rear compartment were killed.
Sources:
http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20wrecks.htm#51-5729
http://www.7bwb-36assn.org/b36genhistpg3.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2013 02:35 | Tetrapack | Added |
| 16-Dec-2020 14:05 | A.J.Scholten A.J.Sch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 17-Mar-2021 21:19 | Pink | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jun-2021 07:18 | siczak | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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