Date:	Friday 21 October 1955
Time:	05:45 .
Type:	Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Owner/operator:	9th BWg USAF
Registration:	52-0336
MSN:	144
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Misawa Air Force Base (RJSM), Aomori, Honshu Island, -   Japan
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Misawa AFB (RJSM), Japan
Destination airport:	Misawa AFB (RJSM)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The B-47 (one of seven) was on deployment from its Mountain Home Air Force Base (KMUO),Elmore County, Idaho on 'Mobility Training Exercises' from Japan and Okinawa.
The aircraft with four aircrew, had just lifted off from Misawa Air Force Base, when it crashed 400 yards off the runway end. Capt. George M. Wentsch, Aircraft Commander, A1C. Charles W. Clark, Co-Pilot and SSgt. William A. Trueba, Crew Chief survived with injuries. 1st. Lt. Edward C. Dew, Observer, died in the crash.

B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX - 22nd October 1955
Sacramento Bee, CA. - 22nd October 1955
The Tribune, OH - 21st October 1955
The Kansas City Times, MO - 22nd October 1955
St louis post-Dispatch, MO - 22nd October 1955
Daily Inter Lake MT - 21st October 1955

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Jun-2013 10:00	Uli Elch	Added
06-Jun-2013 10:20	Uli Elch	Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative]
22-Mar-2020 20:12	Peter Clarke	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Mar-2020 13:54	Xindel XL	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]