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| Date: | Tuesday 3 April 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Randolph AFB, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Randolph AFB, TX |
Hit radio transmission tower on routine training flight. Crash-landed and burst into flames after six of the crewmen walked away. A flight engineer was killed.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 4 April 1956, p39
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2019 20:02 | TB | Added |
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