Date:	Thursday 8 October 1959
Time:	night
Type:	Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Owner/operator:	307th BWg USAF
Registration:	51-5248
MSN:	450533
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lincoln AFB (now Lincoln Airport (KLNK), Lancaster County, -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Lincoln AFB (KLNK) Lancaster County, Nebrask
Destination airport:	Lincoln AFB (KLNK) Lancaster County, Nebraska
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The unarmed, fully fuelled aircraft crashed and exploded off the northern end of the Lincoln Air Force Base runway moments after taking off on a routine training mission.
The four aircrew, Aircraft Commander, 1st. Lt. Joseph R. Morrisey; Instructor Pilot, Maj. Paul R. Ecelbarger; Instructor Navigator, Capt. Lucian W. Nowlin and Navigator Capt. Theodore Tallmadge were killed in the crash.

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html
www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com, Newspapers.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1955%E2%80%931959)
The Lincoln Star, NE - 9th October 1959
St Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - 9th October 1959
The Salt Lake Tribune, UT - 9th October 1959
Lead Daily Call, SD - 9th October 1959
The San Francisco, CA - 9th October 1959

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Jun-2013 08:25	Uli Elch	Added
06-Jun-2013 08:45	Uli Elch	Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
08-Nov-2017 17:27	TB	Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jul-2020 18:06	Peter Clarke	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Jul-2020 08:14	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]