Date:	Saturday 20 January 1962
Time:	02:00
Type:	Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Owner/operator:	306th BWg USAF
Registration:	51-2377
MSN:	450430
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Hominy Creek, Osage County, OK -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MacDill AFB (KMCF) Tampa, Florida
Destination airport:	Tulsa International Airport (KTUL) OK
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The aircraft was on a ferry flight from MacDill AFB, Florida to the Boeing Plant at Tulsa Airport, Oklahoma for modifications when the aircraft suffered an explosion at 02:00 hrs. at 8000 ft.
The aircraft crashed in flames and exploded on a hill near Homily Creek, Oklahoma, 8 miles West of Skiatook and 15 miles North of Tulsa.
The three aircrew, Pilot-Captain J A Duncan, Co-Pilot-Captain A E Black and Navigator-Captain W J Morrison ejected and parachuted to safety suffering only minor injuries.

B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
The Daily Oklahoman - 21st January 1962
Seminole Producer, OK - 21st January 1962
Pauls Valley Daily, OK - 21st January 962
Democrat, OK - 21st January 1962
The Cushing Daily Citizen January 1962

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

6 August 1954

51-2383

51st BSqn /68th BWg USAF

4

2 miles of RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, England

w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2020 06:59	Peter Clarke	Added
25-Mar-2020 14:34	Xindel XL	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]