ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200803
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1953 |
| Time: | 11:23 . |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47B Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 3520th CCTW USAF |
| Registration: | 50-035 |
| MSN: | 450050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cessna Airfield, ½ Mile north of Wichita AFB runway. -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wichita AFB (KIAB), Wichita, Kansas, USA |
| Wichita AFB (KIAB), Wichita, Kansas, USA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was returning from a combat crew training mission, when it crashed and burst into flames, just south of the I-35 Kansas Turnpike (Toll Road), onto the Cessna Aircraft Company's Airfield, half a mile short of the northern end of the Wichita Air Force Base runway, killing, Instructor Pilot, Capt. William W Tiller; Student Pilot, Maj. Eugene J Marx and Student Co-pilot, Maj. Stanley E Tucker.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html
www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com, Newspapers
Council Grove Republican, KS - 26th March 1953
Manhattan -Mercury, KS - 26th March 1953
Great Bend Tribune, KS - 27th March 1953
Kansas City Times, MO - 28th March 1953
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2017 17:47 | TB | Added |
| 13-Jul-2020 23:56 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2020 15:52 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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