McDill - McDill

On May 1, 1952 at 12:00 AM, McDill - McDill experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Tarpon Springs Florida.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a low level target exercice when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the gulf of Mexico, about 27 miles west-northwest of Tarpon Springs. Seven crew members were killed while seven others were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-61538, MSN 11015, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.1471°, -82.7564°.