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===March 1948 Tornadoes===
[[File:Tinker AFB tornado damage 2.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Boeing B-29 Superfortress|Superfortresses]] tossed about like toys at Tinker Air Force Base by the 20 March tornado.]]
[[File:Tinker AFB tornado damage 3.jpg|thumb|250px|Damage to airplanes and cars from the 25 March tornado at Tinker Air Force Base.]]
{{Main|1948 Tinker Air Force Base tornadoes}}
Two large tornadoes struck Tinker Air Force Base, [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], damaging or destroying a large number of aircraft including at least two [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]]s, a [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain]], and many [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress]]es stored from World War II. In the first storm, "54 aircraft were destroyed, including 17 C-54 transports valued at $500,000 apiece. Also destroyed were 15 [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|P-47]] fighters and two B-29 bombers. About 50 other planes were damaged and about 100 vehicles were damaged or destroyed." In the second tornado, "84 planes were hit, 35 of which were destroyed. These included 18 B-29s, 8 P-47s, 20 [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17s]], and 3 C-47s. Hangars and other buildings were destroyed."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=tornadodata-okc-table |title=Table of Tornadoes Which Have Occurred in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area Since 1890 |work=noaa.gov |access-date=9 July 2015}}</ref> Other types destroyed included [[Beechcraft AT-11]]s and [[Fairchild PT-19]]s and [[PT-26 Cornell]]s. Damage from the second tornado was estimated at $6,100,000. Total damages for both storms was estimated at $16,350,000.<ref>Campbell, John M., "American Bomber Aircraft Vol. II: Boeing B-29 Superfortress", Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania, 1997, Library of Congress Card Number 97-66913, {{ISBN|0-7643-0272-8}}, pages 220–221.</ref>