Airman 2nd Class, 340th Strat. Reconnaissance
Squadron, 97th Bomb Wing, Biggs Air Force
Base, Texas.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-50G
Superfortress #47-154, five miles southeast of
Willows, California.
Thirteen of 17 crew members perished.
The reconnaissance bomber went into a flat
spin while on a flight from Biggs Air Force
Base near El Paso, Texas. Four crew members
parachuted when the aircraft was less than 500
feet from the ground. One did not survive his
parachute descent. One crewman survived the
plane's impact into a rice field on the O'Brien
Farm near Willows, being thrown from the rear
gunner's compartment in the tail section.
Killed in service were:
Maj. Park Brown Herrick, Jr, Pilot
1st Lt. John H Swisher, Co-Pilot
Capt. Otho Robinson, Navigator
1st Lt. John D Vaughan, 2nd Navigator
Maj. John M Wirt
Capt. Keith B Wright
MSgt. Charles M Ford
MSgt. Clarence E Foster
MSgt. Howard J Hansen
MSgt. Junior Townsend
A2C Daniel L Baca
A2C William F Myers
A2C Eddie L Wynne
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Squadron, 97th Bomb Wing, Biggs Air Force
Base, Texas.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-50G
Superfortress #47-154, five miles southeast of
Willows, California.
Thirteen of 17 crew members perished.
The reconnaissance bomber went into a flat
spin while on a flight from Biggs Air Force
Base near El Paso, Texas. Four crew members
parachuted when the aircraft was less than 500
feet from the ground. One did not survive his
parachute descent. One crewman survived the
plane's impact into a rice field on the O'Brien
Farm near Willows, being thrown from the rear
gunner's compartment in the tail section.
Killed in service were:
Maj. Park Brown Herrick, Jr, Pilot
1st Lt. John H Swisher, Co-Pilot
Capt. Otho Robinson, Navigator
1st Lt. John D Vaughan, 2nd Navigator
Maj. John M Wirt
Capt. Keith B Wright
MSgt. Charles M Ford
MSgt. Clarence E Foster
MSgt. Howard J Hansen
MSgt. Junior Townsend
A2C Daniel L Baca
A2C William F Myers
A2C Eddie L Wynne
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Airman 2nd Class, 340th Strat. Reconnaissance
Squadron, 97th Bomb Wing, Biggs Air Force
Base, Texas.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-50G
Superfortress #47-154, five miles southeast of
Willows, California.
Thirteen of 17 crew members perished.
The reconnaissance bomber went into a flat
spin while on a flight from Biggs Air Force
Base near El Paso, Texas. Four crew members
parachuted when the aircraft was less than 500
feet from the ground. One did not survive his
parachute descent. One crewman survived the
plane's impact into a rice field on the O'Brien
Farm near Willows, being thrown from the rear
gunner's compartment in the tail section.
Killed in service were:
Maj. Park Brown Herrick, Jr, Pilot
1st Lt. John H Swisher, Co-Pilot
Capt. Otho Robinson, Navigator
1st Lt. John D Vaughan, 2nd Navigator
Maj. John M Wirt
Capt. Keith B Wright
MSgt. Charles M Ford
MSgt. Clarence E Foster
MSgt. Howard J Hansen
MSgt. Junior Townsend
A2C Daniel L Baca
A2C William F Myers
A2C Eddie L Wynne
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Squadron, 97th Bomb Wing, Biggs Air Force
Base, Texas.
Killed in the crash of U.S. Air Force RB-50G
Superfortress #47-154, five miles southeast of
Willows, California.
Thirteen of 17 crew members perished.
The reconnaissance bomber went into a flat
spin while on a flight from Biggs Air Force
Base near El Paso, Texas. Four crew members
parachuted when the aircraft was less than 500
feet from the ground. One did not survive his
parachute descent. One crewman survived the
plane's impact into a rice field on the O'Brien
Farm near Willows, being thrown from the rear
gunner's compartment in the tail section.
Killed in service were:
Maj. Park Brown Herrick, Jr, Pilot
1st Lt. John H Swisher, Co-Pilot
Capt. Otho Robinson, Navigator
1st Lt. John D Vaughan, 2nd Navigator
Maj. John M Wirt
Capt. Keith B Wright
MSgt. Charles M Ford
MSgt. Clarence E Foster
MSgt. Howard J Hansen
MSgt. Junior Townsend
A2C Daniel L Baca
A2C William F Myers
A2C Eddie L Wynne
From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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