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| Date: | Monday 18 October 1954 |
| Time: | 23:55 . |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 303rd BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2437 |
| MSN: | 450490 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA)Tucson, Arizona. -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA)Tucson, Arizona |
| Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA)Tucson, Arizona |
While practicing night landings the aircraft crashed and caught fire on the runway destroying the aircraft nose section. Capt. Stanley Lowell Perry, Co-Piiot was killed. Capt. George C. Berger, Aircraft Commander and MSgt Wayne Alvin Nye, Crew Chief, survived and were hospitalised.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
Arizona Daily Star AZ - 19/20th October
Tucson Daily Citizen AZ - 19 October
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2020 07:21 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 06-Jul-2020 16:23 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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