Substantial remains of the aircraft form a debris field on the high slopes of Succoth Glen 2.5 miles west of Lochgoilhead in Argyll. Marker

A memorial cairn bearing a rectangular metal plaque with a brown background that is inscribed in English in white lettering. 

The plaque contains the commemoration message and lists the names of all 20 crew members aboard the plane who died in the crash. The memorial was built in 1993 by the cadets of 2296 (Dunoon) Squadron, Air Training Corps.

On the morning of 17 January 1949, US Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress 44-62276 was en route from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to Keflavík, Iceland, on the first leg of its journey home to Smoky Hill in Kansas.   With twenty crew and passengers on board, she was accompanied by another B-29 on its journey north.

As the two aircraft traveled further north, the weather began to deteriorate. The pilot of the second Superfortress made the call to return to RAF Scampton and await better conditions. 44-62279, however, remained on course.

No cause was ever determined for the accident although icing while flying in clouds was seen as a contributory factor to the probable loss of control which resulted in the aircraft diving into the ground and plowing into the side of Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn.

No one survived.

The 20 men aboard the B-29A 44-62276:

Sheldon C. Craigmyle            1st Lieutenant             Pilot

Myrton P. Barry                      1st Lieutenant             Co-pilot

Richard David Klingenberg     1st Lieutenant             Navigator

Robert A. Fritsche                   1st Lieutenant             Bombardier

Delbert E. Cole                       Technical Sergeant     Passenger

Wayne W. Baker                    Master Sergeant         Passenger

John B. Lapicca                      Sergeant                     Passenger

Malcolm W. Bovard                Staff Sergeant             Passenger

Anthony V. Chrisidis               Sergeant                     Passenger

Rufus W. Mangum                  Sergeant                     Passenger

Jack L. Heacock                     Private 1st Class         Passenger

Henry P. Prestosh                   Master Sergeant         Passenger

Frank M. Dobbs Jnr                Technical Sergeant     Passenger

Cecil G. Jones                         Sergeant                     Passenger

Charles W. Ross                     Sergeant                     Passenger

Robert J. Brown                      Private 1st Class         Passenger

Rufus G. Taylor                      Technical Sergeant     Passenger

Paul W. Knight                        Sergeant                     Passenger

Frederick N. Cook                  Private 1st Class         Passenger

Bruce Joseph Krumholz         Private 1st Class         Passenger

Source of information: brexitmodeller.com, www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk, www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk

Source of photos: brexitmodeller.com, www.secretdiaryargyll.com

IN MEMORY OF THE CREW OF U.S.A.A.F. B29 SUPERFORTRESS WHICH CRASHED HERE

ON THE MORNING OF 17TH JANUARY 1949 WITH THE LOSS OF ALL 20 CREW MEMBERS ABOARD

ERECTED BY N^O 2296 SQUAD (DUNOON) ATC AND

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