The Crew of Buzz One Four
Lost in the 1964 Crash
Robert E. Townley (1921-1964)
Robert L Payne (1922-1964)
Melvin D. Wooten (1936-1964)
Survivors
Thomas W. McCormick (1921-1997)
Parker W. Peedin (1934-2009)
National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the Air Force
B-52 Virtual Tour – Pilot/Co-pilot
B-52 Virtual Tour – Radar Navigator
B-52 Virtual Tour – Electronic Warfare Officer
B-52 Virtual Tour – Tail Gunner
B-52 Virtual Tour – Aft Equipment Space
Strategic Air Command.com Websites
Note: These websites are privately owned, they are
not affiliated with the United States Air Force, the
Strategic Air Command (SAC) or any other
government agency.
484th Bombardment Wing Strategic-Air-Command
Turner Air Force Base Strategic-Air-Command.com
SAC Aircraft – Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
SAC Nuclear Weapons Arsenal
SAC Photos of Nuclear Bombs
484th Bombardment Wing – Turner AFB – Georgia
Note: Turner AFB was de-activated and sold to the
Miller-Coors Brewing Company in 1979 which has
continued to maintain the following Turner Field
website pages:
Turner Field – Miller Coors Website
Turner Field – Flight Buzz One Four
Turner Field – Bomber Down
Turner Field – B-52
484th Bombardment Wing – Wikipedia
Website Pages about Chrome Dome
The Perils of Chrome Dome – Air Force Magazine
Operation Chrome Dome – Wikipedia
Newspaper and Website Articles – Buzz One Four
B-52 Crash & Garrett County – Baltimore Sun 5-28-1998
B-52 Crash & Maryland – Baltimore Sun 01-13-2007
50th anniversary of B-52 bomber crash remembered WBAL TV 11 01-10-2014
Fox News 01-13-2014
Bomber Down by David Wood (PDF download)
Portfolio of Newspaper Accounts (PDF download)
Website Pages about Buzz One Four
Salisbury PA.com Plane Crash
1964 Savage Mountain B-52 Crash – Wikipedia
Crash of a United States B-52 Bomber
1964 Savage Mountain B-52 Crash Webot
Aviation Safety Network – 13-JAN-1964
A Night to Remember – Mountain Discoveries 2007
Western Maryland Historical Library – Buzz One Four Information
Structural Failures of B-52 Vertical Stabilizers
24 January 1963 – Elephant Mountain, Maine
30 January 1963 – Sangre de Christo Mtns, New Mexico
10 January 1964 – Northern New Mexico
13 January 1964 Savage Mountain, Maryland (Buzz One Four)
Miscellaneous B-52 Related Websites
Boeing Corporation’s – B-52 Stratofortress page
ASN – List of B-52 Accident & Combat Losses
Air Force Historical Research Agency – Home
US Air Force Website
Ejection History – B-52 Stratofortress
Aviation Safety Network – B-52 Losses
YouTube Videos
Parker Peedin Interview
B-52 Vertical Stabilizer Failure on Research Flight
Individual Personal Memorabilia Contributions
Buzz One Four
Buzz One Four Map Brochure