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| Date: | Wednesday 15 January 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing WB-50D Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 54th WRSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 49-0295 |
| MSN: | 16071 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 800 miles north of Guam -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu |
| Andersen AFB, Guam |
This aircraft was orginially built as B-50D-115-BO, but later converted to a WB-50D weather recon aircraft.
Did not return to base from a tracking misson of typhoon "Ophelia". Distress call received.
All 10 crew members were lost:
Capt Albert J. Lauer
Capt Marcus G. Miller
Capt Clyde W. Tefertiller
1Lt Courtland Beeler III
1Lt Paul J. Buerkle, Jr.
TSgt Delivan L. Gordon
SSgt Kenneth L. Tetzloff
SSgt Kenneth L. Houseman
A1C Bernard G. Tullgren
A1C Randolph C. Watts
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun 18 January 1958, p1/21 January 1958, p3A
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html
http://www.awra.us/gallery-may05.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2016 12:03 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jul-2017 12:45 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2017 18:13 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2017 16:27 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 12-Feb-2020 10:05 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 15:41 | Tetrapack | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:33 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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