Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn
1949 disasters in the United KingdomArgyll and Bute geography stubsAviation accidents and incidents locations in ScotlandMountains and hills of Argyll and ButeUse British English from March 2019
Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn is a mountain on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll, Scotland, northwest of Lochgoilhead. On 17 January, 1949, a United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-29 Superfortress (44-62279) of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron was on a flight from RAF Scampton, England, to Reykjavík, Iceland. At 9:50am, the B-29 crashed into the side of Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn, killing all twenty passengers and crew. The cause of the crash was not determined, but the adverse weather and heavy icing were deemed to be contributory factors.
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N 56.180277777778 ° | E -4.9508333333333 ° |