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| Date: | Friday 20 July 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | North American B-45A-1-NA Tornado |
| Owner/operator: | 17th TOW, ADC USAF |
| Registration: | 47-016 |
| MSN: | 147-43416 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6mi E of Yuma AFB, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yuma AFB, AZ |
| Yuma AFB, AZ |
The B-45A was on a routine target towing mission when a flap got stuck. When the emergency procedures didn't work, the crew was ordered to bail out, but the flight engineer S/Sgt Harold A. Kasparek failed to leave the aircraft and was killed in the crash. The three surviving crew members were: pilot Capt. Charles S. Soloski, 1st Lt. Doyle C. Williams and S/Sgt. Richard H. Shepard.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/Post55/1956.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2013 07:36 | Tetrapack | Added |
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