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Date: | Friday 11 January 1963 |
Time: | 22:10 |
Type: | Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | 307th BWg USAF |
Registration: | 53-2097 |
MSN: | 44443 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | McConnell Air Force Base (KIAB) Wichita, Kansas -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | McConnell AFB (KIAB) Kansas |
Destination airport: | Lincoln AFB (KLNK) Lancaster Co. Nebraska |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:After taking off from McConnell AFB, (after stopping off on a routine training flight from Lincoln AFB), the commander immediately called for an emergency landing and attempted to return to the airfield, the two other crew members ejected at a low level and parachuted to safety. Witnesses say that they heard an explosion overhead before the aircraft crashed in flames outside Wichita. The pilot Captain P L Pudwill was found in the aircraft still strapped in his seat.
Sources:
B.47.com,
https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
Daily Messenger, Canadaigua, New York 11th January 1963
Manhattan Mercury 11th January 1963
Moberley Monitor 11th January 1963
Daily Messenger Canadaigua 11th January 1963
The Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina 11th January 1963
The Post Standard, Syracuse, New York 12th January 1963
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Mar-2020 07:00 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
25-Mar-2020 14:45 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |