ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170137
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| Date: | Sunday 5 March 1961 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Boeing KB-50 Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 431st ARSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 49-0328 |
| MSN: | 16104 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 mi NE of Biggs AFB, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pacific |
| Biggs AFB, TX | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This aircraft was orginially built as B-50D-120-BO, but later converted to KB-50 aerial refuelling aircraft.
Crashed and burned during landing approach of Biggs AFB.
Sources:
1. Passauer Neue Presse 7 March 1961, p3
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IoJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6819,6131417&hl=en
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2014 16:43 | TB | Added |
| 27-Sep-2014 06:27 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2018 13:54 | j155 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 08-Apr-2020 10:56 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:42 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 31-May-2022 19:12 | TB | Updated [Location] |
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