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| Date: | Thursday 13 October 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50A-25-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 65th BSqn /43d BGp USAF |
| Registration: | 46-060 |
| MSN: | 15780 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 0.5 mile SE of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
| RAF Lakenheath |
At 09.25 a.m. the B-50A (Major George H. Ingham) took off for a routine training mission to drop 16 500lb high explosive bombs on a bombing target at Heligoland, but crashed into a field a few minutes after take-off due to an engine fire and was completely destroyed by a massive explosion of the bombs and 6000 gallons of fuel carried aboard. All twelve crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.islehaminformer.org.uk/Images/Informer201110.pdf
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-10-13/memorial-event-pays-tribute-to-airmen-who-died-to-save-village-75-years-ago
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2013 05:23 | Tetrapack | Added |
| 01-Mar-2013 06:25 | Tetrapack | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 14:28 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Nov-2022 20:28 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Nov-2022 13:53 | Anon. | Updated |
| 14-Oct-2024 06:40 | gerard57 | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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