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| Date: | Saturday 22 November 1958 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47B Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 321st BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2199 |
| MSN: | 450252 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loring AFB, Aroostook County, ME -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Loring AFB (KLIZ) Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine, USA |
| McCoy AFB (KMCO) Orlando, Florida |
The aircraft was taking off to return to its home base of McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, Florida after a routine training mission. On lift off the aircraft veered to the right and crashed and exploded 1000 yds. off to the side of the runway, 400 ft. north of the Air Command Base, in the Maine Community of Limestone on the New Brunswick Border. The four crew members, Capt. Robert L. Shaffer, Aircraft Commander, 1st. Lt. Melvin H. Shira, Co-Pilot, Capt. Berna McDermott Jnr; Navigator and TSgt. Samual A. Harwell, Crew Chief all died in the crash.
Sources:
www.forgottnjetswarbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com. - https://www.joebaugher.com. - Newspapers.com.
Palm Beach Post FL - 24th November 1958
Orlando Sentinel FL - 24th November 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2013 17:43 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Jun-2013 17:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2017 18:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Apr-2020 17:54 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2020 20:45 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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