ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161284
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 December 1956 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Boeing KB-29P Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 44-84149 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elmendorf AFB, Alaska |
| Eielson AFB, Alaska | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Assigned to 508th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS), 31st Strategic Fighter Wing, Turner AFB, GA. Crashed December 26, 1956 in Alaska. The aircraft took off from Elmendorf AFB on a training mission with a full load of fuel, bound for Eielson AFB southeast of Fairbanks. After take-off, one radio message was received before it crashed roughly 19 minutes after take-off into Bald Mountain in the Talkeetna Mountain Range at an altitude of 4,200 feet, roughly 50 miles northwest from base.
Sources:
1. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-29/44-84149.html
4. https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-29/44-84149/2011/kb29-crash-site-wideview.html
5. https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=186310
6. http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?12164-B-29-wreckage-Bald-Mountain-Alaska
Pittsburgh-Post Gazette 28 December 1956, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2013 16:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Feb-2014 20:21 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2014 17:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-May-2017 23:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2019 21:12 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2019 21:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Source] |
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