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| Date: | Friday 7 December 1951 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing B-29A Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 44-62078 |
| MSN: | 11555 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Praia de Vitória, Terceira, Azores -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lajes Field, Açores (TER) |
| McDill Field, Tampa, FL via Bermuda |
Crashed in sea minutes after take-off.
Sources:
1. Passauer Neue Presse 8 December 1951, p8
2. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_personnel.htm
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasqdn.asp?offset=20225
4. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 8 December 1951, p5
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2014 20:03 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 14-Jun-2017 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2017 12:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2017 13:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2017 08:51 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2017 08:59 | TB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 28-May-2022 08:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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