This doesn't sound like the same wreck, but a fasinating story non-the-less. Sounds like that plane had a lot of problems. http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20wrecks.htm#44-92035
"Sounds like that plane had a lot of problems."
Well, of course it did - just take a look at it.
Someone put the engines on backwards, LOL.
Gee, I didn't know some planes have a transmission with a reverse gear. I'll bet backing up or flying backwards is hell. < /joke>
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B-36B, 44-92079, Lake Worth, Texas, September 15, 1949.
clintonh8r, I went to Lake Worth Elementary in 1948-49 -- Mrs. Simpson's 5th grade class, Mrs. Harwell's 6th grade class. Ring any bells?
A cousin of mine was also a bombardier on one of the B-36s flying out of Carswell. I recall his telling us that there was "something wrong" with them, but he was unwilling to specify what the problem was. Wonder if he was referring to all the electrical glitches that seemed to plague them.