Newberry County, South Carolina

Date: 07-JAN-1971
Time: 
Type: Boeing B-52C-45-BO Stratofortress
Operator: USAF 9th BW 364th BS
Registration: 54-2666
C/n / msn: 17161
Fatalities: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Near Charlevoix, Little Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan -    United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Westover AFB
Destination airport: 

Narrative:
Flying low-level route at night that passed over Lake Michigan. During the simulated bomb run a ground station reported that the radar image of the plane blossomed & then disappeared.

Crew:

Pilot:Maj Gerald W. Black 32 USAF killed.

Co-pilot:1st/Lt Dennis Ferguson 25 USAF killed.

Nav/Inst:Lt/Col John M. Somonfy Jr. 39 USAF killed.

Nav:Lt/Col William Lemmon 38 USAF killed.

Nav:Capt John E. Weaver 27 USAF killed.

Nav:Capt Joel G. Hirsh 26 USAF killed.

EWO:Maj Donald F. Rosseau 37 USAF killed.

EWO:1st/Lt Douglas Bachman 25 USAF killed.

AG:Tech/Sgt Jerry M. Achey 33 USAF killed.

Lt. Col. William Lemmon, 38, Porterville, Calif., Navigator

Lt. Col. John M. Somonfy Jr., 39, Lewiston, Mont., Navigator Instructor

Maj. Donald F. Rosseau, 37, Morgantown, West Va., Electronic Warfare Officer

Maj. Gerald W. Black, 32, Flushing, N.Y., Pilot

Capt. John E. Weaver, 27, St. Louis, Navigator

Capt. Joel G. Hirsh, 26, Western Springs, Ill., Navigator

1st Lt. Douglas Bachman, 25, Highland Park, N.J., Electronic Warfare Officer

1st Lt. Dennis Ferguson, 25, North Ridgeland, Ohio, Co-pilot

Tech. Sgt. Jerry M. Achey, 33, Ocean City, Wash., Gunner

Source: ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48334. Contributed by Ed Ey
 

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