44-86400
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- March 31, 1952Accident
Four minutes after takeoff from Yokota AFB, while climbing, the heavy bomber hit the slope of a mountain located near the village of Saimon, about 10 km northwest of the airbase. Two crew members were rescued while nine others were killed. Crew: Cpl Sherley B. Ardoin, † Cpl Norman F. Cline, 2nd Lt William F. Evert, † T/Sgt Charles R. Fitzwater, † 1st Lt Earl H. Lemons, † S/Sgt Wayne L. Marchand, † Cpl Carrol L. Rackley, † 2nd Lt Harold G. Richards, † 1st Lt Norbert L. Robie, † Sgt James H. Sampl