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While cruising by night and low visibility, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located south of the Guadalupe Peak, southeast of Pine Springs, west Texas. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 12 crew members were killed. They were conducting a night training sortie from Davis Monthan to Mobile and return. Crew (233rd Unit): F/O Eugene R. Chale, 1st Lt James Harrison Couch, 2nd Lt James M. Green, Sgt Aristo Landers, M/Sgt Orval R. Lawless, Cp
Boeing B-29 Superfortress · 12 fatalities