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| Date: | Thursday 17 January 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing WB-50D Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 58th WRSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 48-093 |
| MSN: | 15902 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fairbanks, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eielson AFB, AK |
| Eielson AFB, AK |
This aircraft was orginially built as B-50D-95-BO, but later converted to a WB-50D.
Crashed and burnt on take-off in snow and darkness on a 3,700 miles observation flight.
All 12 crew members were killed in the crash.
Sources:
1. Desert Sun 17 January 1957, p1
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
3. http://www.awra.us/gallery-may05.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2019 15:02 | TB | Added |
| 29-May-2019 08:30 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-May-2019 08:31 | TB | Updated [Phase, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 15:41 | Tetrapack | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:32 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 08-Apr-2021 16:28 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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