List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–1954)
Charles D. Jones, 31, of Meridian, Miss., and Airman 2-c Peter R. Rosing, 22, of Ingleside, Ill., were the only known survivors of a B-17 bomber shot down by mistake Monday by a new-type automatically-controlled jet fighter.Both came aboard under their own power, although Rosing had severe burns of the face and hands caused when the plane caught fire.A large force of air and surface rescue craft ranged over a wide area of the Gulf searching for remaining crewmen.The Air Force said the pilot, Col. Arthur R. DeBolt, 39, of Columbus, O., apparently mistook the B-17 "mother" plane for an uninhabited radio controlled drone which it was guiding.Col. DeBolt described by the Air Force in Washington as "an exceptional officer," was grief stricken at the error, and said he was unable to explain it.
Fairchild XNQ-1Boeing B-50A SuperfortressEglin AFBChoctawhatchee Bayairframeflight engineerKingston, New HampshireMayo, FloridaWaco G-15AColumbiaLawson Air Force BaseFort BenningFairchild C-82DetroitPortlandBerkeleyCreeksideColumbusNashvilleSt. Helen'sLee CountyWisconsin RapidsHolly OakKenoshaSmyrna Air Force Base1950 Douglas C-54D disappearanceDouglas C-54D Skymaster97th Bomb WingStrategic Air CommandBiggs AFBElmendorf Air Force BaseGreat Falls Air Force BaseBeechcraft D-18Dayton, OhioAlbuquerque, New MexicoWest Mesa AirportdetonatorsabotageFederal Bureau of Investigation1950 British Columbia B-36 crashU.S. Air ForceConvair B-36B Peacemaker436th Bomb Squadron7th Bomb WingEielson AFBCarswell AFBMark 4 nuclear bombPrincess Royal IslandSkeena MountainsStewart, British Columbiade Havilland DH 108Little BrickhillBletchleyWoburn SandsNorthrop XF-89 ScorpionRosecrans AvenueHawthorne Airporthorizontal stabilizerStandard Oilstorage tankaeroelastic flutterverticaldive-bombingHawker Sea Fury FB.11736 Naval Air SquadroncowlingHMS Illustriousarrestor wirescrash barrierAvro Lincoln B Mk.2Carnedd LlewelynBethesda, WalesNorthrop YB-49Edwards Air Force BaseAir Materiel CommandNorth American F-51D MustangLas Vegas Air Force BaseMikoyan-Gurevich I-330 SIMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17Fuerza Aérea ArgentinaAvro Lincoln B.Mk. IITierra del FuegoglacierNorth American F-86A Sabre93d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron81st Fighter-Interceptor GroupKirtland AFBEmmons, West VirginiaCharlestonWright-Patterson AFBKanawha AirportShort S.25 Sunderland GR.5RAF SeletarMartin JRM-3 Marsflying boatHonoluluHawaiian IslandsNord NC 1080Boeing B-29-50-MO Superfortress830th Bomb Squadron509th Bomb Wing (M)New MexicoSNCASO 4000undercarriagetaxiingHartley WintneyLockheed XP2V-1 NeptuneOyster, VirginiaNAS Patuxent RiverUnited States Air ForceConvairAllison J33-A-29Allison J33-A-23Convair XF-92AChuck YeagerEdwards AFBCaliforniaSan DiegoSupermarine Attacker F.1Leslie R. ColquhounSouth MarstonGeorge MedalArsenal VG 90AéronavaleCierva W.11 Air HorseSquadron Leader