Corporal, 92nd Bomb Group, U.S. Air Force
Crew member aboard U.S. Air Force B-29
Superfortress #44-69939.
While on a "round robin" training flight
from Spokane Air Force Base, with a mock
bombing target to Stockton, California,
then onward to Ogden, Utah, then a return
home, tragedy struck at 23:45 hours on the
night of November 16th, 1949.
Two in the group of thirteen Superfortresses
collided at 26,000 feet above Stockton and
plunged to earth in flaming wreckage. Only
two airmen survived by bailing out in
time and parachuted safely to ground.
Corporal Davis and eight other fliers
perished when the aircraft impacted in 6-10
feet of mud on Rindge Tract Island in the
San Joaquin Delta, about 11 miles to the
northwest. One crewmember parachuted to
safety from the other B-29 (#44-86364),
but nine were killed when that airplane
impacted on McDonald Island about 2 miles
further south of this crashsite.
Crew member aboard U.S. Air Force B-29
Superfortress #44-69939.
While on a "round robin" training flight
from Spokane Air Force Base, with a mock
bombing target to Stockton, California,
then onward to Ogden, Utah, then a return
home, tragedy struck at 23:45 hours on the
night of November 16th, 1949.
Two in the group of thirteen Superfortresses
collided at 26,000 feet above Stockton and
plunged to earth in flaming wreckage. Only
two airmen survived by bailing out in
time and parachuted safely to ground.
Corporal Davis and eight other fliers
perished when the aircraft impacted in 6-10
feet of mud on Rindge Tract Island in the
San Joaquin Delta, about 11 miles to the
northwest. One crewmember parachuted to
safety from the other B-29 (#44-86364),
but nine were killed when that airplane
impacted on McDonald Island about 2 miles
further south of this crashsite.
Corporal, 92nd Bomb Group, U.S. Air Force
Crew member aboard U.S. Air Force B-29
Superfortress #44-69939.
While on a "round robin" training flight
from Spokane Air Force Base, with a mock
bombing target to Stockton, California,
then onward to Ogden, Utah, then a return
home, tragedy struck at 23:45 hours on the
night of November 16th, 1949.
Two in the group of thirteen Superfortresses
collided at 26,000 feet above Stockton and
plunged to earth in flaming wreckage. Only
two airmen survived by bailing out in
time and parachuted safely to ground.
Corporal Davis and eight other fliers
perished when the aircraft impacted in 6-10
feet of mud on Rindge Tract Island in the
San Joaquin Delta, about 11 miles to the
northwest. One crewmember parachuted to
safety from the other B-29 (#44-86364),
but nine were killed when that airplane
impacted on McDonald Island about 2 miles
further south of this crashsite.
Crew member aboard U.S. Air Force B-29
Superfortress #44-69939.
While on a "round robin" training flight
from Spokane Air Force Base, with a mock
bombing target to Stockton, California,
then onward to Ogden, Utah, then a return
home, tragedy struck at 23:45 hours on the
night of November 16th, 1949.
Two in the group of thirteen Superfortresses
collided at 26,000 feet above Stockton and
plunged to earth in flaming wreckage. Only
two airmen survived by bailing out in
time and parachuted safely to ground.
Corporal Davis and eight other fliers
perished when the aircraft impacted in 6-10
feet of mud on Rindge Tract Island in the
San Joaquin Delta, about 11 miles to the
northwest. One crewmember parachuted to
safety from the other B-29 (#44-86364),
but nine were killed when that airplane
impacted on McDonald Island about 2 miles
further south of this crashsite.
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