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| Date: | Friday 21 January 1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 344th BSqn /98th BGp USAF |
| Registration: | 44-62098 |
| MSN: | 11575 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 miles East-North-East of Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana (GFA/KGFA) |
| Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington |
Boeing B-29A-60-BN Superfortress 44-62098: Delivered to the USAAF 9 August 1945. Assigned to 301st Bomb Group. Re-Assigned to 344th Bomb Squadron, 98th Bomb Group, Spokane AFB, Washington.
Written off (destroyed) 21 January 1949: Shortly after a night takeoff from Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located seven miles east-northeast of the airbase. Three crew members were killed while nine others were injured
Sources:
1. El Tiempo 23 January 1949, page 10
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
3. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1949/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29a-60-bn-superfortress-near-malmstrom-afb-3-killed
4. "Montana Standard" January 8, 1949 - Page 1 at https://newspaperarchive.com/montana-standard-jan-08-1949-p-1/
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbahb.asp?HB=wa&offset=3925
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-May-2009 03:20 | angels one five | Updated |
| 25-Jan-2014 19:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2014 19:33 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2014 19:35 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2017 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 14:19 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator, ] |
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