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| Date: | Monday 19 August 1963 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 310th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 53-2365 |
| MSN: | 4501178 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irwin, Iowa -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schilling AFB, Salina Kensas (KSLN) |
| Schilling AFB, Salina Kensas (KSLN) |
Two B-47 collided. Four bailed out, two killed.
Mid-air collision with B-47 53-6206 during a 9 hour navigation, air-to-air refuelling, and radar bombing training exercise with the two aircraft crashing 2 miles apart.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 20 August 1963, p12
http://dailyiowan.lib.uiow.edu/DI1963-08-20.pdf - P1 / P.Clarke
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2011 22:19 | Daniel Nole | Added |
| 30-Oct-2014 16:49 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2014 17:11 | TB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 29-Oct-2015 17:16 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Feb-2020 06:59 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2020 20:47 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jul-2021 12:03 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, ] |
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