Boeing B-50 Superfortress crash, Nov 15, 1950, Montpellie...
Boeing B-50 Superfortress accident on November 15, 1950 near Montpellier Hérault, France with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of engine number four...
- Date: November 15, 1950
- Aircraft: Boeing B-50 Superfortress
- Location: Montpellier Hérault, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure of engine number four followed by electrical system failure
The B-50D of the 97th Bomb Group was on a training sortie from RAF Sculthorpe when its number four engine failed and windmilled. A general electrical failure followed and the crew bailed out. The bomber crashed about 15 miles north-northwest of Montpellier, France.