Date:	Wednesday 19 April 1967
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	55-3140
MSN:	17256/23
Year of manufacture:	1957
Total airframe hrs:	6550 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	OT
Location:	Wake Island Airport (AWK) -   Micronesia
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	-
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
Explosion during servicing of the landing gear; damaged beyond repair.

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

photo (c) Robert Bilbao; Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK); 20 April 1967

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