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Date: | Monday 7 September 1953 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Boeing YRB-47B Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | 91st SRWg USAF |
Registration: | 51-2226 |
MSN: | 450274 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lockbourne Air Force Base, Lockbourne, Ohio. -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Lockbourne AFB, Lockbourne, Ohio, USA |
Destination airport: | Lockbourne AFB, Lockbourne, Ohio, USA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On landing during touch-and-go circuits, the aircraft veered off the runway, ground looped, a wing dropped, touched the ground and the aircraft crashed and burst into flames.
The three aircrew, Aircraft Commander, Maj. Charles S. Graham; Co-pilot, 1st. Lt. Harold W Stone and Observer/Navigator, Maj. Cecil A. Hubbard, safely evacuated the aircraft without injury.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org B.47.com, Newspapers.com
News-Journal, OH - 8th September 1953
The Journal Herald, OH - 8th September 1953
The Philadelpia Inquirer, PA - 8th September 1953
Johnson City-Press, TN - 8th September 1953
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2017 19:52 |
TB |
Added |
17-Jul-2020 12:36 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
17-Jul-2020 16:11 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jul-2020 08:22 |
Yarbi |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |