ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333928
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1959 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1513 |
| MSN: | 17584/193 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leitchfield, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Columbus AFB, MS (CBM/KCBM) |
| Columbus AFB, MS (CBM/KCBM) |
The Boeing Stratotanker collided in mid-air with a USAF Boeing B-52F Stratofortress (57-0036), which was carrying two nuclear bombs. The bomber was being refueled at FL320.
Both aircraft crashed.
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