Boeing B-50 Superfortress

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The crew was engaged in a supply mission over Laos. Apparently, an engine failed en route, forcing the crew to bail out. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion about 230 km northeast of Bangkok. All six crew members were found alive while 11 people on the ground were killed.

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The aircraft was on its way from Misawa AFB to Yokota AFB with 11 crew members on board. Following an uneventful refuelling mission, something went wrong and the airplane went out of control. Four crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area located in the region of Fukushima. The seven crew members who remained in the cabin were killed.

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The aircraft departed Langley AFB at 1117LT bound for Lajes, Azores Islands. In the early afternoon, around 1330LT, the last radio contact was recorded with the crew. As the airplane failed to arrive at Lajes, SAR operations were conducted at the end of the day. Several aircraft were involved in the survey mission and patrol flights were conducted for few days over an area of 705,000 km2. After thousands of flying hours, all operations were suspended as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. It is believed the airplane crashed into the ocean about 400 km east of the US coast. Crew: Cpt Robert Tawney, pilot, 1st Lt Zoltan Robert Szaloki, copilot 7.

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The crew was completing a transpacific flight from Wake Island to Biggs AAF. While descending by night under VFR mode, the pilot informed ground his fuel reserve was low. On approach, the airplane struck the ground in a desert area, slid for 300 yards and eventually crashed on a sand dune and exploded six miles from runway 21 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all nine crew members were killed. Crew: Maj Fred G. Padelford, pilot, Cpt Bruce E. Christian, copilot, Maj Wayne W. Holt, navigator, T/Sgt Charles C. Timmsen, flight engineer, S/Sgt Bernard F. Rivers, flight engineer, S/Sgt Harold B. Mecusen, refueling operator, A1c Clifton C. Tabor, refueling operator, S/Sgt Claude L. Early, maintenance crew chief, A2c Joseph T. Rothschopf, assistant crew chief.

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The crew was engaged in a weather mission for typhoon 'Emma' but failed to return to his base at Yokota AFB. The exact circumstances of the accident remains unknown and all 16 crew members have been killed.

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While conducting a training mission out from Wright-Patterson AFB, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Wilmington Pike, southeast of Dayton. All 11 occupants were killed.

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Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties.

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The heavy bomber was engaged in a training mission out from Biggs AAF in El Paso, Texas. While cruising by night in light rain conditions, the airplane went out of control and entered a dive. Three crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a field located about three miles southeast of Willows. They were found alive as well as a fourth crew member who was found seriously wounded in the wreckage. All 13 other occupants were killed. Crew: Maj John M. Wirt, † Cpt Keith B. Wright, † Maj Park B. Herrick, † M/Sgt Charles M. Ford, † A2c Daniel A. Baca, † M/Sgt Clarence Foster, † A2c Eddie L. Wynne, † M/Sgt Junior Townsend, † Cpt Otto Robinson, † 1st Lt John T. Vaughn, † M/Sgt Howard J. Hansen, † A2c Williams S. Myers, † 1st Lt John Swisher, † T/Sgt Natividad Vasquez, S/Sgt Joseph E. Wittens, A1c John B. Patton, Sgt Frank M. Imely.

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While performing a training flight, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The captain attempted an emergency landing in a desert area located 12 miles south of Caprock. The airplane was damaged beyond repair but there were no casualties.

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Few minutes after takeoff from Davis-Monthan AFB, while cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the crew encountered an unexpected situation. Immediately, the captain ordered his crew to bail out and all 12 occupants abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion on the slope of the Picacho Peak, southeast of Picacho. The airplane disintegrated on impact and debris were found on a wide area. Ten crew members were injured while two others were killed. Crew: Cpt John D. Winters, pilot, 1st Lt William H. Montgomery, copilot, William Reale, flight engineer, Cpt John A. Barnes, navigator, S/Sgt David Fry, radio operator, William P. Cooke, gunner, A1c Richard W. Dickey, gunner A3c Charles R. Stewart, gunner, Cpt Charles D. Bostick, † S/Sgt Herbert G. Emberton, † Cpt Lee F. Aubechon 1.