44-61835
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- October 31, 1951Accident
Few minutes after takeoff from Kadena Airbase, bound for Korea, an explosion occurred on the engine number three. The pilot-in-command elected to return to his base when the right wing was blown off. Out of control, the aircraft crashed into the sea about 65 km north of Kadena and 15 km west of Izenajima Island. Three crew members were rescued while 12 others were killed. Crew: M/Sgt Flyod D. Ashcraft, † Maj George T. Barrentine, † S/Sgt Arthur J. Bowden, † 1st Lt Harold I. Daily, Cpt James F. D