Boeing B-29A 44-62276 Superfortress of the 301st Bombardment Group USAF, crashed below Beinn Tharsuinn about 2.5 miles to the west of Lochgoilhead in central Scotland on the 17th January 1949 while flying from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to Keflavik in Iceland. No cause was ever determined for the accident although icing was seen as a contributory factor.

 

Crew / Passengers

Rank - If Applicable

Service No.

Position e.g. Pilot

Status

Sheldon C. Craigmyle

1st Lieutenant

AO674474

Pilot 

Killed

Myrton P. Barry

1st Lieutenant

AO928749

Co-pilot

Killed

Richard David Klingenberg

1st Lieutenant

AO38398

Navigator

Killed

Robert A. Fritsche

1st Lieutenant

AO698967

Bombardier

Killed

Delbert E. Cole

Technical Sergeant

AF37472130

Passenger

Killed

Wayne N. Baker

Master Sergeant

AF6805865

Passenger

Killed

John B. Lapicca

Sergeant

AF32986735

Passenger

Killed

Malcolm W. Bovard

Staff Sergeant

AF14031043

Passenger

Killed

Anthony V. Chrisides

Sergeant

AF37551708

Passenger

Killed

Rufus W. Mangum

Sergeant

AF14214466

Passenger

Killed

Jack L. Heacock

Private 1st Class

AF1931892

Passenger

Killed

Henry P. Prestoch

Master Sergeant

AF6945007

Passenger

Killed

Frank M. Dobbs Jnr

Technical Sergeant

AF37102187

Passenger

Killed

Cecil G. Jones

Sergeant

AF44127969

Passenger

Killed

Charles W. Ross

Sergeant

AF13107559

Passenger

Killed

Robert J. Brown

Private 1st Class

AF14268717

Passenger

Killed

Rufus G. Taylor

Technical Sergeant

AF34343029

Passenger

Killed

Paul W. Knight

Sergeant

AF31519150

Passenger

Killed

Frederick N. Cook

Private 1st Class

AF14061495

Passenger

Killed

Bruce J. Krumhols

Private 1st Class

AF16277502

Passenger

Killed

 

Overview of the site

Above is an overview of the crash site with large sections of main spar in the foreground and memorial at the top end of the site.

 

Tail turret

Now lying on its side in a hollow is the battered tail turret.

 

It is only when the turret is viewed from the opposite side that the extent of the damage it suffered is apparent.

 

The aircraft's engines lie scattered about the site with varying degrees of damage, this engine is missing all of the equipment off the back.

 

This engine lies close to the tail turret and still has the propeller reduction gearbox and prop hub attached to it.

 

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