12017-08-29T12:57:31-07:00Colin Behnke5fce0a26cbce062414f550c0cd06d456b8fdc9a4216423B29 nuclear capable bomberplain2017-08-29T14:39:04-07:00U.S. Air ForceImageColin Behnke5fce0a26cbce062414f550c0cd06d456b8fdc9a4
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1media/B29.jpgmedia/B29.jpg2017-08-25T12:23:03-07:00The CSU Digital Liberal Arts Hubdcd1fa950418cd1d967e420466b28e86af65a7d1April 11, 1950 -- Manzano Base, New MexicoColin Behnke21A B-29 bomber crashes in to a mountain three minutes after take off.image_header2017-09-19T13:08:17-07:00April 11, 195035.012914, -106.489384Colin Behnke5fce0a26cbce062414f550c0cd06d456b8fdc9a4
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12017-08-29T13:51:28-07:00July 13, 1950 - Lebanon, Ohio14A B-50 bomber crashes near Cincinnati killing 16 airmen and creating a 25 foot deep crater.image_header2017-09-21T12:07:46-07:00July 13, 195039.433538, -84.205906DOD: The B-50 was on a training mission from Biggs Air Force Base, Texas. The aircraft was flying at 7,000 feet on a clear day. Aircraft nosed down and flew into the ground killing four officers and twelve airmen. The high explosive portion of the weapon aboard detonated on impact. There was no nuclear capsule aboard the aircraft.
CDI: The explosion was heard over a radius of 25 miles and made a crater 25 feet deep and 200 feet square. The B-50 was an improved derivative of the B-29 with the same general appearance. It was operational from 1948-1953 and 370 were built.
The Cincinnati Enquirer wrote that thousands of locals turned out to see what had happened in the crash and provided conflicting reports from witnesses about the state of the plane as it nosed down. Some reported that the plane simply seemed to crash into the ground for no reason while others stated that the plane was already on fire and had failing engines before it hit the ground.
The Cincinnati Enquirer article can be accessed through Newspapers.com, a subscription is required for the full article but an OCR version of the article is available for free.
