22, of Hanford, California, broke his leg bailing out. "Roswell, N. M., Jan 28. (AP) - Capt. Shester H. Bohart, B-29 Superfortress pilot at Roswell army airfield, said he thought the shooting was all over. Now he's not so sure. Taxiing toward the runway, Bohart noticed a tire going flat. Inside the tire mechanics found an Indian arrowhead." February Second prototype Curtiss XBTC-2, BuNo 31402 of only two built, crashed at NATC Patuxent River in Maryland during testing of full-span duplex wing flaps and dual-rotation propellers. 18 February The USS Cusk, the world's first submarine to launch a guided missile, fired a Republic-Ford JB-2 which crashed due to an apparent control malfunction after flying 6,000 yards. 21 February United States Army Air Forces Boeing B-29-95-BW Superfortress 45-21768 (the Kee Bird, modified for an F-13 reconnaissance role) of the 46th/72d Reconnaissance Squadrons, on a mission out of Ladd Field, Alaska, ran out of fuel due to a navigational error and was forced to land in a remote area of northern Greenland. The aircrew was rescued unharmed three days later, but the plane was abandoned in place. The accident is notable for the rescue and a well-publicized, disastrous 1994 recovery attempt. 7 March Five airmen bailed out of a C-45 Expeditor at thunderstorm height when the plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Youngstown, Florida. According to a public-relations report, weather conditions forced the pilot to deviate from his original flight plan (a navigation-training mission to Nashville, Tennessee). Four of the airmen were rescued, but it took several days to locate the body of Maj. David A. Smiley of Tyndall Field. 26 March Prototype Convair XB-36 Peacemaker 42-13570, on a test flight out of Fort Worth Army Air Field in Texas with two test pilots, seven Convair flight test crew, three US Army Air Force observers, and two employees of Curtiss-Wright (to run electronic tests on propeller vibrations, had an explosion of a hydraulic retracting strut as the starboard main gear came up. The nine-foot, two-inch main tire swung back down as dead weight and smashed the rear of the number-four engine nacelle, rupturing fuel and hydraulic lines. Twelve on board bailed out with various injuries from gusty winds; after six hours of flight to burn off fuel, pilots Beryl A. Erickson and Gus S. Green landed the bomber at Fort Worth with no additional damage. Repaired, with a redesigned strut,