Date:	Thursday 2 July 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Boeing B-47B-45-BW Stratojet
Owner/operator:	368th BSqn /306th BWg USAF
Registration:	51-2267
MSN:	450320
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	One mile south of RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Fairford, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire

Narrative:
Boeing B-47B-45-BW Stratojet 51-267, 368th BSqn, 306th BWg, USAF: Written off (destroyed) July 2 1953. The aircraft was on final approach for a landing at RAF Upper Heyford when it stalled, nosed down and spun in, crashing one mile south of the airfield, killing the four aircrew on board:

Aircraft Commander, Major Thomas P. Russell II
Pilot Captain John M. Prinz
Observer/Navigator, Captain James D. Koons and
Crew Chief, M/Sgt. J. C. Bass

The aircraft was one of the USAF 306th Bombardment Wing's forty five B-47's from MacDill AFB, Florida, USA on a 90 day deployed 'Temporary duty posting', into RAF Fairford, UK.

1. https://b-47.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Boeing-B-47-Losses-and-Ejections.pdf
2. The Tampa Times, FL - 3rd. July 1953
3. Miami Herald, FL - 8th. July 1953
4. Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - 2nd July 1953
5. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - 3rd July 1953
6. Asheville Citizen Times, NC - 2nd July 1953
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom
8. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1951.html
9. http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/b47stratojet_512045-512445.html
10. https://www.raf-upper-heyford.org/Mishaps.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jun-2013 08:32	Uli Elch	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-May-2017 21:10	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Nov-2017 18:22	TB	Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Nov-2017 19:17	TB	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
18-Jul-2020 23:13	Peter Clarke	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
22-Jul-2020 08:19	Yarbi	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ]
02-May-2021 23:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
02-May-2021 23:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
04-May-2021 17:02	Fanda	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]
23-Dec-2023 20:49	klrussell	Updated [Narrative, ]