Incident Convair B-36D Peacemaker 44-92030,
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Date:Sunday 6 March 1955
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic b36 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Convair B-36D Peacemaker
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 44-92030
MSN: 27
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Loring AFB, Aroostook County, ME -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Loring AFB, ME
Destination airport:Loring AFB, ME
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
This aircraft was orginally built as B-36B-1-CF, but later converted to a B-36D.

The B-36D (Joseph R. Henry) crashed and caught fire after a wingtip hit a snowbank during landing at Loring AFB. Occupants serious injured.

Sources:

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
Diário de Lisboa 7 March 1955, p7

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jan-2013 08:30 Tetrapack Added
07-Feb-2017 18:56 TB Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
06-Dec-2017 19:17 Anon. Updated [Date]

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