Biggs - Biggs

On July 13, 1950 at 02:54 PM, Biggs - Biggs experienced a crash involving Boeing B-50 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Lebanon Ohio.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 16, crew fatalities: 16, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was performing a navigational exercice out from Biggs AFB, Texas. While cruising at an altitude of 7,000 feet, the aircraft went into a spin and crashed in a vertical attitude in a huge explosion in a field located southwest of Lebanon. All 16 crew members, among them four officers, were killed. The impact and the blast tore a hole in the ground that was about 18 feet deep and at least 75 feet wide. Crew (97th BW): 1st Lt Harvey E. Martin, pilot, Cpt John F. Adams Jr., pilot, Apt Paul E. Anderson Jr., S/Sgt Ellis E. Smith, S/Sgt James A. Travis, S/Sgt Russell E. Moore, Sgt Alcide Danos, Pfc George L. Martin, T/Sgt Charles W. Pickett, T/Sgt Joseph Veid, T/Sgt Vernon W. Diggle, S/Sgt W. O. Timmons, S/Sgt James M. Tennille Jr., S/Sgt Thomas James Mullen 2.

Aircraft reference details include registration 49-0267, MSN 16043, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.4353°, -84.2030°.