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| Date: | Wednesday 10 January 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50D-80-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | HQ Flt /3077th EGp USAF |
| Registration: | 48-070 |
| MSN: | 15879 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 25 miles SE of Edwards AFB, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, CA |
| Edwards AFB, CA |
The B-50D struck a peak of the Shadow Mountains while flying at 4,000 feet in low cloud cover on approach to Edwards AFB after a four and a half hour equipment test mission for Ryan Aeronautical. All six USAF crewmen and two civilians (Ryan test engineers) aboard were killed: Pilot Capt. William Alexander Bailey, Jr., co-pilot Maj. Gordon L. Payne, Jr., M/Sgt. Robert E. Methusa, M/Sgt. Lilburn N. Cate, T/Sgt. James H. Willingham, T/Sgt. Carl A. Milhoan, Charles A. White and Wallace J. Christian.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20150923215912/http://www.donrjordan.com/shadow_mountain_b50d.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2013 08:43 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Feb-2021 12:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 21-Dec-2024 16:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, ] |
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