Date:	Thursday 3 April 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	320th BSqn /90th BWg USAF
Registration:	44-62164
MSN:	11641
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lloyd Robbins Farm, Pottawatomie, 5 miles west of Onaga, Kansas -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boeing B-29A-65-BN Superfortress 44-62164: Assigned to 320th Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Wing, Forbes AFB, Kansas.

On April 3, 1952, this aircraft crashed at night. Suspected reason – Fuel line issues. The B-29, which was carrying a crew of 14, was from Forbes AFB in Topeka. The crew bailed out over a farmer's field eight miles (13 km) north and five miles west of Onaga, Kansas. It crashed near the Lloyd Robbins farm, at Pottawatomie, landing west of a barn on the Aug. Haug farm, striking and demolishing a large cottonwood tree about two feet in diameter.

It careened across the road into the Lloyd Robbins pasture, where it struck a herd of White-Faced cattle, killing ten of the animals belonging to Mr. Robbins. The plane caught fire but only partially burned. Leo Mars and Bud Bonjour were the first to arrive at the scene. Dr. Fleckenstein of Onaga was called to treat the injured.

The captain (Lt Col Tom Roberts) died in the crash and one airman perished when his parachute failed to open (A2c Charles Filittoni). The surviving crew was fired at by the farmer, who believed them to be invading "ruskies". Names of the surviving crew members not yet found. Those who perished were:

Filittoni, A2c Charles - right gunner
Roberts, Lt. Col. Thomas Stanley - captain

1. El Litoral 4 April 1952, p 1
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?offset=68925
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4. http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/b29s/p_b29s_losses_damage.htm
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1952/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29a-65-bn-superfortress-near-onaga-2-killed/]
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1950%E2%80%9354)#1952

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jan-2015 18:45	TB	Added
13-Jun-2017 22:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2021 20:09	Paco	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]