Boeing B-50D-80-BO Superfortress
United States of America From https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPD6-X62
| Wallace John Christian | ||||
| Death | ||||
| 10 Jan 1951 | ||||
| San Bernardino, California, United States | ||||
| 09 May 1921 | ||||
| Utah | ||||
| Male | ||||
| Christian | ||||
| Burns | ||||
From http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=98670
| Date: | 10-JAN-1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |
Boeing B-50D-80-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | HQ, 3077th EG USAF |
| Registration: | 48-070 |
| C/n / msn: | 15879 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 25mi SE of Edwards AFB, CA -
United States of America |
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, CA |
| Edwards AFB, CA |
The B-50D struck a peak of the Shadow Mountains while flying at 4,000 feet in low cloud cover on approach to Edwards AFB after a four and a half hour equipment test mission for Ryan Aeronautical. All six USAF crewmen and two civilians (Ryan test engineers) aboard were killed: Pilot Capt. William Alexander Bailey, Jr., co-pilot Maj. Gordon L. Payne, Jr., M/Sgt. Robert E. Methusa, M/Sgt. Lilburn N. Cate, T/Sgt. James H. Willingham, T/Sgt. Carl A. Milhoan, Charles A. White and Wallace J. Christian.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.donrjordan.com/shadow_mountain_b50d.html