ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98676
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| Date: | Friday 30 January 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50D-75-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 49th BSqn /2d BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 48-055 |
| MSN: | 15864 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hunter AFB, Georgia -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hunter AFB, Georgia |
| Hunter AFB, GA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The B-50D (pilot Forrest M. Link) crashed in flames shortly after take-off from a height of 50 feet into a wooded area just beyond the runway of Hunter AFB.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49251960
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2013 07:39 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2020 10:07 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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