Accident Boeing B-52D-60-BO Stratofortress 55-0093,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48396
 
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Date:Tuesday 29 July 1958
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B52 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing B-52D-60-BO Stratofortress
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 55-0093
MSN: 17209
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:3 mi S of Loring AFB, Aroostook County, ME -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Limestone-Loring AFB, ME
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Elevator trim excursion after touch and go landing. Crashed into grain field at Harry Moor Farm in bad weather.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20171101061754/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/b52_stratofortress.htm
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1955.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2008 10:15 ASN archive Added
26-Oct-2009 10:26 JINX Updated
26-Oct-2009 10:30 JINX Updated
15-Feb-2013 13:09 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-May-2013 10:46 Gwyneth Pruden Updated [[Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
29-Aug-2013 12:59 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Jan-2019 15:34 wf Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport]

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