ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153513
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| Date: | Friday 20 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | North American B-45A-5-NA Tornado |
| Owner/operator: | 84th BSqn /47th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 47-083 |
| MSN: | 147-43483 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile west of RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk |
| RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed September 20, 1957, one mile W of RAF West Raynham, Norfolk. All three crew members were killed in the crash, including the pilot Major Tornio V. DiSalvo who was the commanding officer of 84th BS. According to published sources (see link #8)
"...in the course of routine operations, another serious mishap occurred on September 20, 1957, when 84th Squadron commander Major Torino V. Di Salvo took B-45A number 47-083 on a training flight from Sculthorpe, which caught fire shortly after takeoff, then crashed near RAF West Raynham. Di Salvo, Lieutenant Gustave E. Budruweit, and Lieutenant Floyd E. Martin all perished in the crash."
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
2. http://www.accident-report.com/world/europe/uk/uk56.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422214636/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/B-45.html
4. Sculthorpe Secrecy and Stealth: A Norfolk Airfield in the Cold War By Peter B. Gunn
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado#Operation_Ju-jitsu
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84th_Bombardment_Squadron
7. http://www.oocities.org/zazoo31.geo/geobook1.html
8. http://ww38.usafunithistory.com/PDF/75-100/84%20BOMB%20SQ.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2013 06:49 | Tetrapack | Added |
| 23-Feb-2017 01:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2020 13:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-May-2021 09:51 | Yelush | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2023 16:08 | Steve | Updated [[Operator, Location, Operator]] |
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