Crash of a Boeing B-29A-70-BN Washington B.1 near Amiens

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
FW555
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
MSN:
11721
YOM:
1944
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was returning to his base in RAF Waddington following a NATO exercise to test western defenses at the East/West German border. En route, the engine number three failed and shortly later, the propeller blades were sheared off and hit the engine number four. The crew started an emergency descent of 20,000 feet and decided to divert to Amiens-Glisy Airfield for an emergency landing. Eventually, the airplane crash landed in a field located near Amiens. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair while all eight crew members were unhurt.
Crew (57th Squadron):
Cpt Gus Walker, pilot,
F/Lt Conley, copilot,
F/Sgt Martin, navigator,
Sgt Holt,
Sgt Pringle,
F/Lt Ford,
F/Lt Allison,
F/Lt Stan.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress into the Japan Sea: 14 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-86415
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kadena - Kadena
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a leaflet mission when he encountered technical problems with the engine. The pilot elected to ditch the aircraft that crashed into the Japan Sea. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 14 crew members was found.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-40-MO Superfortress in Daegu: 14 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-27326
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
14
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
14
Circumstances:
While approaching Daegu Airport in reduced visibility, the heavy bomber hit a mountain and crashed 5 km east of the airport. All 14 crew members were killed.
Crew:
M/Sgt Michael A. Bakich,
Cpl Ronald F. Brodeur,
1st Lt Donald D. Brown,
T/Sgt Donald V. Capron,
2nd Lt Jack Carrara,
Cpl Raymond L. Clayton,
Sgt Gerald K. Findel,
Pfc Wallace D. Hande,
Cpt Albert McNeeley,
1st Lt Warren L. Morgan,
Cpl Richard J. Pereira,
2nd Lt Robert D. Peterson,
2nd Lt Malcolm L. Rush,
Cpl John Spann.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-65-BW Superfortress in Mountain Home: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-69810
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mountain Home - Mountain Home
MSN:
10642
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Mountain Home Airport, consisting of touch and goes. After takeoff, while in initial climb, the four engine bomber went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion about 1,300 feet past the runway end. The aircraft exploded on impact and disintegrated, killing all seven crew members.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-50-MO Superfortress near Pyongyang: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-86357
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While flying over Sunchon, the aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire. The pilot was able to evacuate the combat area and flew west of the capital city when the situation on board forced all crew members to bail out and to abandon the aircraft that crashed 17 km west of Pyongyang-Sunan Airport. A crew member was killed while 10 others survived. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
1st Lt George W. Beale,
Cpl Glenn W. Brown,
Cpl Herbert D. Brown,
S/Sgt Burl D. Dean,
1st Lt Edward M. Gibbens,
Sgt Jack D. Kennedy,
M/Sgt Charles L. Mullins,
1st Lt Jack L. Murray, †
S/Sgt Jesse C. Ring,
1st Lt Robert L. Warner,
1st Lt William J. Wright.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-85-BW Superfortress near Randolph AFB

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-87640
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
12443
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, an engine failed and caught fire. All crew members decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed in a field located three miles north of Randolph AFB. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure and fire.

Crash of a Boeing B-29B-45-BA Superfortress in Carsphairn: 11 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1951 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-83950
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
11
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk at 0917LT for a Radar Navigation Flight which was to be followed by 4 hours of Air to Air refueling practice with a Boeing B-50. At 1103LT the aircraft was in contact with the controller at Prestwick, having entered the Scottish Flight Information Region, the pilot reported they were at a altitude of ~14,500 feet in visual conditions. Only 7 minutes later the aircraft was seen be witnesses on the ground descending out of cloud at 1,500 to 2,000 feet over Carsphairn on a NNW course. They stated that the engines sounded different to the aircraft which normally over-flew the area. The aircraft then turned onto a SE course before stalling and entering a spin from which it did not recover before impacted the ground in a deep gully at the edge of a field. The fuel tanks, containing an estimated 8,000 US Gallons exploded and completely destroyed the aircraft, scattering it over a considerable area.
Crew:
1st Lt Joseph A. O'Leary, pilot,
1st Lt George Merrill Foote, copilot,
1st Lt Claude Jacques Hayden Jr., navigator,
S/Sgt Noel M. Poppof, flight engineer,
Cpt Tennant A. Metz, radar operator,
Cpl John B. Simpson, radio operator,
Cpl John P. Finnegan, scanner,
1st Lt Jack W. Kern, boom instructor,
Sgt Henry H. Hill, boom operator,
S/Sgt Wallace L. Scott, boom operator,
Cpl Reginald Y. Russell, boom operator.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/scotland/boeing-kb-29p-44-83950-carsphairn/

Crash of a Boeing B-29A-40-BN Superfortress in Northcliffe

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-61678
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
11155
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, an engine caught fire and failed. All occupants decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Northcliffe, northeast suburb of San Antonio. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed upon impact.
Probable cause:
Engine fire and failure in flight.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-55-MO Superfortress in Pyongyang: 9 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-86371
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
13
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The aircraft was engaged in a bombing mission over Pyongyang when it was hit by antiaircraft fire. Engines number three and four were hit and caught fire. Four crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed, killing all nine other occupants. The four survivors became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Junior M. Adler, †
Cpl Raymond R. Bacon, †
Lt Col Vance E. Black,
Cpt Dewey L. Chapman, †
T/Sgt Frank J. Chesnowsky, †
1st Lt John S. Collins, †
S/Sgt Lee E. Erickson, †
2nd Lt Richard E. Hawes, †
S/Sgt Richard M. Jones,
Cpt William C. McTaggart Jr.,
Sgt John A. Rice, †
S/Sgt Ellsworth E. Smith,
Sgt Edward J. Stoll. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Boeing KB-29M Superfortress in Lajes: 11 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1951 at 2340 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-87704
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
12507
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
16
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
During a night approach to Lajes Airport, Azores Islands, the four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed on an ammunition depot located near the runway threshold. Five crew members were rescued while 11 other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It is reported that the loss of control was caused by an engine failure.