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Captain Smith was the Navigator aboard U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress
#46-0020. He was killed when the bomber exploded in flight less than one hour
after departing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and crashed near the Union Pacific
railroad siding station called Hyder, west of Gila Bend, Arizona. Twelve Air
Force servicemen perished but two survived when they were blown from the
fuselage and were able to parachute safely to the ground.
Some of the other crew killed (incomplete list):
Lt. Col. Harold Mignola
1st Lt. Newell G Shepherd
Sgt. William E Stovall
Cpl. James L Jones
Cpl. Melvin E Gelino
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Captain Smith was the Navigator aboard U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress
#46-0020. He was killed when the bomber exploded in flight less than one hour
after departing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and crashed near the Union Pacific
railroad siding station called Hyder, west of Gila Bend, Arizona. Twelve Air
Force servicemen perished but two survived when they were blown from the
fuselage and were able to parachute safely to the ground.
Some of the other crew killed (incomplete list):
Lt. Col. Harold Mignola
1st Lt. Newell G Shepherd
Sgt. William E Stovall
Cpl. James L Jones
Cpl. Melvin E Gelino
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Captain Smith was the Navigator aboard U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress
#46-0020. He was killed when the bomber exploded in flight less than one hour
after departing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and crashed near the Union Pacific
railroad siding station called Hyder, west of Gila Bend, Arizona. Twelve Air
Force servicemen perished but two survived when they were blown from the
fuselage and were able to parachute safely to the ground.
Some of the other crew killed (incomplete list):
Lt. Col. Harold Mignola
1st Lt. Newell G Shepherd
Sgt. William E Stovall
Cpl. James L Jones
Cpl. Melvin E Gelino
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Captain Smith was the Navigator aboard U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress
#46-0020. He was killed when the bomber exploded in flight less than one hour
after departing Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and crashed near the Union Pacific
railroad siding station called Hyder, west of Gila Bend, Arizona. Twelve Air
Force servicemen perished but two survived when they were blown from the
fuselage and were able to parachute safely to the ground.
Some of the other crew killed (incomplete list):
Lt. Col. Harold Mignola
1st Lt. Newell G Shepherd
Sgt. William E Stovall
Cpl. James L Jones
Cpl. Melvin E Gelino
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