B-47E 52-0320 crash south of Tucson Arizona on April 4 1959

B-47E 52-0320 crash south of Tucson Arizona on April 4, 1959

Boeing B-47E, 52-0320, crashed into Santa Rita Mountains on April 4, 1959, at approximately 1:20am killing all three men onboard. The plane was preparing to land at Davis-Monthan when it crashed into the north side of the Santa Rita Mountains.

Three men lost their lives in the crash.
Major Kermit Alan Wagner
Lt. Thomas A. Wilkie
Lt. Richard L. Anderson (possibly Richard L. Andersen).

Landing gear and possible firewall. Photo from my personal collection.

Landing gear from a recent trip to revisit the crash site.

Might have been a battery box. I don’t think it was an ammo can.

Door Lock mechanism? It was hard to read.

Original crash site photo from my personal collection.

Portion of the wing. (P-38.com was my old website.)

Scattered debris at B-18 crash site.

Agassiz Peak