ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70577
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 February 1952 |
| Time: | 02:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing RB-50G Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 343d SRSqn /55th SRWg USAF |
| Registration: | 47-152 |
| MSN: | 15836 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Offutt AFB, NE -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hickam AFB, HI |
| Offutt AFB, NE | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
This aircraft was orginally built as B-50B-55-BO, but later converted to a RB-50G with additional radar and B-50D type nose.
The RB-50 (pilot Zane G. Hall) was returning from Japan to the US when it hit a mound of dirt when landed short of the runway at Offutt AFB, and crashed in flames. Five of 17 crew members and passengers aboard were killed and the others were all injured. Killed in the crash was Capt. Walter Irving "Ghost" Lawson, one of the Tuskegee Airmen during WW2.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://libertyladybook.com/2012/04/16/captain-walter-irving-lawson/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2009 11:59 | harro | Added |
| 06-Mar-2013 08:44 | Tetrapack | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2014 06:13 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2021 21:28 | Paco | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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