Boeing B-29 Superfortress crash, Sep 29, 1951, Amiens Somme
Boeing B-29 Superfortress accident on September 29, 1951 near Amiens Somme, France with no fatalities. Cause: Engine failure in flight.
- Date: September 29, 1951
- Aircraft: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Location: Amiens Somme, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Engine failure in flight
A Royal Air Force Washington B.1 (B-29 variant) of 57 Squadron, returning to Waddington from a NATO exercise, lost an engine and a propeller on 29 September 1951. The crew made an emergency descent and crash-landed in a field near Amiens, and all eight crew were unhurt.