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| Date: | Friday 28 December 1956 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing WB-50D Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 56th WRSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 48-098 |
| MSN: | 15907 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 45 miles NW of Tokyo -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Yokota AB, Japan |
| Yokota AB, Japan |
This aircraft was orginially built as B-50D-95-BO, but later converted to a WB-50D.
Weather plane crashed into farm field at Hanno during night approach at Yokota AB.
9 crew members were killed in the crash:
Capt Raymond Durr
Capt Dewey A. Keithly
Capt Leonard A. Klawa
Capt Lawrence E. Monies
1Lt Waylon H. Moseley
SSgt William A. Taylor
A2C Gerald R. Arnn
A2C John E. Hollis
A2C Mose F. Thomas, Jr.
Sources:
1. Desert Sun 28 December 1956, p1
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
3. http://www.awra.us/gallery-may05.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 19-Dec-2013 17:58 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jan-2014 18:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Feb-2014 20:39 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2017 11:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 13:02 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:14 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator, ] |
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