Date:	Thursday 15 July 1948
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	352nd BSqn /301st BWg USAF
Registration:	44-61713
MSN:	11190
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 miles South East of Smolan, Saline County, Kansas -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Smoky Hill AFB, Salina, Kansas
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boeing B-29A-45-BN Superfortress 44-61713: Delivered to the USAAF 18 May 1945. Assigned to 352nd Bomb Squadron, 301st Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, Kansas.

Written off (destroyed) July 15, 1948: Shortly after takeoff from Smoky Hill AFB, while on a local training flight, an engine failed. Four crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located two miles southeast of Smolan, about four miles south of the airbase. (At approximate co ordinates: 38°44′17″N 97°41′2″W). The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and nine crew members were killed. The four crew members who were able to bail out were injured, one of them seriously.

One the crew fatalities was 2nd Lt Oliver Douglas Holmquist (see link #3)

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbagrp.asp?offset=19250
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97763839
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1948/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29a-45-bn-superfortress-in-smoky-hill-afb-9-killed/]
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolan,_Kansas

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jan-2014 20:53	TB	Added
26-Jun-2017 22:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2020 09:08	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Operator]