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| Date: | Monday 8 February 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 22nd BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 52-0023 |
| MSN: | 43638 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | One mile east of RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | March AFB, California, USA |
| RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
B-47E Stratojet 52-0023 of 22nd BW, March AFB, CA: The aircraft struck a tree on the approach one mile east of Upper Heyford, cart-wheeled, and crashed. All 4 crew killed
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1952.html
2. https://b-47.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Boeing-B-47-Losses-and-Ejections.pdf
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20161026132711/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/B-47.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2013 09:07 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 06-Jun-2013 09:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2013 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2019 08:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 04-Apr-2020 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 20-Dec-2020 12:56 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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