ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183817
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 February 1958 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  North American F-86L Sabre |
| Owner/operator: | 444th FIS USAF |
| Registration: | 52-10108 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Savannah, Georgia. -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Charleston AFB, South Carolina |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a practice exercise, a USAF North American F-86L Sabre (52-10108) fighter plane collided with a Boeing B-47B Stratojet bomber (51-2349) carrying a nuclear bomb (3.4 tons). To protect the aircrew from a possible detonation in the event of a crash, the bomb was jettisoned in sea near the island of Tybee.
The F-86 crashed after the pilot ejected from the plane. The B-47 emergency landed at Hunter Air Force Base.
In the collision, the fighter's left wing was torn off and the B-47's fuel tanks were severely damaged. The pilot then ejected and eventually parachuted to land safely and softly in the swamp. For him at that moment, the dangerous situation was over.
Crew:
1st Lt Clarence A. STEWART (Pilot) USAF - Ok
Sources:
1.Toledo Blade 5 February 1958
2.https://www.msn.com/cs-cz/news/msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=84f9d9ca7a9d4fdeadb53a603290afd9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2016 10:43 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jul-2017 18:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2017 20:45 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2019 20:09 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2023 21:49 | Nepa | Updated [[Phase, Narrative]] |
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