Date:	Friday 30 November 1951
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Owner/operator:	3516th MSSqn /6510th MSGp USAF
Registration:	44-69896
MSN:	10728
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	10 miles south-west of Yoakum, Texas -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Randolph AFB, Universal City, TX
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boeing B-29-65-BW Superfortress 44-69896: Assigned to 879th Bomb Squadron, 499th Bomb Group. Assigned to 3516th Maintenance and Supply Squadron, 3510th Maintenance and Supply Group (ATC), Randolph AFB, Texas. Damaged in an accident 17 July 1951 taxying at Randolph AFB, Texas. Repaired and returned to service.

Written off (destroyed) November 30 1951: An engine failed en route, forcing all crew members to bail out and to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie located about ten miles southwest of Yoakum. All occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was destroyed.

Cause: Engine failure.

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_4.h]tml
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1951/archives/crash-of-a-boeing-b-29-65-bw-superfortress-near-yoakum/]
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasta.asp?thestate=tx&offset=11550
4. http://usafunithistoryorg.ipage.com/PDF/3000/3512%20AMS.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jun-2017 14:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Feb-2021 18:27	Pink	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]