ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152763
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Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Convair RB-36H-45-CF Peacemaker |
Owner/operator: | 72d SRSqn /5th SRWg USAF |
Registration: | 52-1369 |
MSN: | 303 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 610 miles NW of Prestwick, Scotland -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Travis AFB, CA |
Destination airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot Arthur P. Beam went down with the plane. He was one of 19 fatalities. There were 4 survivors. Major George B Parkes was one of the survivors.
This correction is submitted by Marice Parkes who is the wife of George B Parkes (now deceased)
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http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jan-2013 03:35 |
Tetrapack |
Added |
24-Mar-2018 19:22 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
26-Apr-2021 16:41 |
Cliford |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
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