Date:	Thursday 7 March 1957
Time:	c.
Type:	Boeing B-47E Stratojet
Owner/operator:	44th BWg USAF
Registration:	53-2395
MSN:	4501208
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lake Charles AFB (Chennault AFB after 14/11/1958) (KCWF) -   United States of America
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Lake Charles AFB
Destination airport:	-
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The aircraft was on the flight line at Lake Charles Air Force Base, with two airmen carrying out maintenance in the bomb bay, when a fuel tank exploded, setting fire to the aircraft and spreading fuel across the ramp to an adjacent B-47 from Barksdale Air Force Base which also caught fire. The two maintenance airmen M.Sgt. Harry R. Wallace and S.Sgt. George J. Fortin suffered burns to their hands and face.

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html
www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
B.47.com, Newspapers.com
The Shreveport Journal, LA - 7th March 1957
The Times, LA - 8th March 1957
The Daily Advertiser, LA - 7th March 1957
The Town Talk, LA - 8th March 1957
The Daily World, LA - 8th March 1957

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Jun-2020 16:22	Peter Clarke	Added
05-Jul-2020 20:14	Digger	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator]