Date:	Tuesday 15 May 1956
Time:
Type:	Lockheed U-2A
Owner/operator:	Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Registration:	56-6678
MSN:	345
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	"The Ranch", Groom Lake, Nevada -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Groom Lake, Nevada
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
May have been the first U-2 crash: U-2A 56-6678, delivered to the CIA on 16 December 1955, crashed at Groom Lake, Nevada, killing Agency pilot Wilburn S. "Billy" Rose. Aircraft had just departed Groom with a full fuel load, but an under wing pogo hung up. Pilot attempted to return to try to shake it loose, but let angle of bank increase too much and fully fuelled starboard wing kept dropping.

Pocock, Chris, "50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the 'Dragon Lady' ", Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania, Library of Congress card number 2005927577, ISBN 0-7643-2346-6, pages 44, 406.
http://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2local.html
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956_2.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-May-2013 15:18	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-May-2013 15:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]