Boeing B-29 Superfortress crash, Jan 17, 1949 (20 killed)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress accident on January 17, 1949 near Lochgoilhead Argyll, United Kingdom with 20 fatalities. Cause: Adverse weather and heavy...
- Date: January 17, 1949
- Aircraft: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Location: Lochgoilhead Argyll, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Adverse weather and heavy icing as contributory factors; exact cause not determined
A USAF B 29 Superfortress flying from RAF Scampton toward Kansas, with a planned stop at Keflavik, struck a mountainside near Lochgoilhead, Argyll, on 17 January 1949. All 20 people aboard were killed.