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| Date: | Thursday 8 January 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50D-90-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 96th BSqn /2d BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 48-089 |
| MSN: | 15898 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles east of Hunter AFB, Georgia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hunter AFB, Georgia |
| Hunter AFB, GA |
The B-50D (pilot Chester J. Kinzie) collided with B-50D (48-073) and crashed into muddy marshland on the Isle of Hope. The other aircraft, piloted by George Shavin, managed to land safely with a damaged tail assembly.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27143185
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2013 06:38 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2013 07:39 | Tetrapack | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2013 12:47 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, ] |
| 01-Apr-2020 13:34 | Tetrapack | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 14:49 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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