Crash of a North American B-25J-20NC Mitchell in Barksdale AFB: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 2, 1949
Registration:
44-29445
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Barksdale - Barksdale
MSN:
108-32720
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie in Barksdale AFB. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft collided with another USAF North American B-25 Mitchell registered 44-30894. While 44-30894 crash landed in a field located near Curtis, about three miles south of the airbase, 44-29445 exploded in midair and crashed. All five crew members on board 44-30894 were injured while both pilots of 44-29445 were killed.