Date:	Wednesday 4 December 1957
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Owner/operator:	306th BWg USAF
Registration:	52-241
MSN:	49
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Choctawhatchee Bay, south of Eglin AFB, Florida -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MacDill AFB (KMCF) Tampa, Florida
Destination airport:	MacDill AFB (KMCF) Tampa, Florida
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
While on a training mission out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida and carrying out a simulated radar bomb run over the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range, the aircraft exploded and crashed into the Choctawhatchee bay 200 miles north-west of Tampa, killing the three aircrew, Lt Col. Willie P. Gregory, Aircraft Commander, 1st. Lt. Ronald F. Farnsley, Co-Pilot and Odie F. Rogers Jnr. Navigator. The aircraft crashed into the shallow waters of the Bay with the nose showing above the water.Most of the aircraft being recovered.

Youngstown Vindicator 4 December 1957, p1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1955%E2%80%931959)
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1964.html
www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com, Newspapers.com
The Tampa Times, FL - 4/5th December 1957
The Tampa Tribune , FL - 5/6th December 1957
The Miami Herald, FL - 5th December 1957
Fort Lauderdale News, FL - 4/5th December 1957

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jun-2019 15:01	TB	Added
09-Jun-2020 17:33	Peter Clarke	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2020 20:29	Digger	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]