Date:	Thursday 19 August 1948
Time:	night
Type:	Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration:	42-63442
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	5 mi N of Rapid City AFB, SD -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Rapid City AFB, South Dakota (RCA/KRCA)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Shortly after takeoff from Ellsworth AFB, while in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control, and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 5 miles north of the airfield. All 17 occupants (crew of 4 plus 13 passengers) were killed. Crash took place at night, on the night of August 19-20, hence some sources give the date of the accident as "August 20, 1948"

1. El Tiempo 21 August 1948, page.8
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_3a.html
3. http://b-29.org/73BW/bomb-wing-data/nickname.htm
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaloc.asp?Loc=afb&offset=5675
7. Associated Press, "B-29 Crash Brings Death To 17", The Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina, Monday 23 August 1948, Volume LXXIV, Number 236, p. 12.
9. http://www.flight.org/aviation-history/august-20

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Jul-2009 18:59	angels one five	Added
17-Apr-2014 13:51	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2017 23:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2017 23:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2017 23:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
11-Aug-2018 16:32	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]