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Date: | Saturday 21 February 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Plant, Kansas, |
Registration: | 51-2392 |
MSN: | 450445 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Wichita Air Force Base (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kansas, -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was one of two B-47 Stratojets destroyed on the Boeing Airplane Company flight line following a fire and explosion that injured aircraft engine mechanic Bob Ferdman, who suffered burns and a broken left ankle, as he was exiting one of the aircraft, before it exploded.
Following a board of inquiry by the Boeing Company and Air Force, a statement was issued on the 26th March saying that the probable cause of the ground fuel fire, was a static electricity discharge, whose source could not be identified.
The Boeing Company was also concerned that aircraft on the flight line were not covered by insurance before delivery to the Air Force.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org B.47.com, Newspapers.co
The Iola Register, KS - 23rd February 1953
The La Crosset Tribune, WI - 22nd February 1953
The Manhattan Mercury, KS - 26th March 1953
Atchison Daily Globe, KS - 26th March 1953
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2017 17:16 |
TB |
Added |
12-Jul-2020 22:34 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |