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| Date: | Wednesday 7 February 1962 |
| Time: | 13:52 LT |
| Type: | Douglas EB-66C Destroyer |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-460 |
| MSN: | 44760 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chelveston, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed during low-level approach. Of the seven aboard, four crew ejected out of envelope and were killed, the other three survived.
Surviving 1st Lt Richard A. "Moose" Morris was later killed in an F-100 crash at Poinsett Range just southwest of Shaw AFB, South Carolina.
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20161114042721/http://www.pmkc.com:80/B66/Deaths%20From%20B-66%20Ops%20AF%20Personnel%20Version.htm
3. http://www.oocities.org/eb66c/EB-66Losses.html
4. http://becraft.info/becraft/i3914.htm
6. http://www.thewebfairy.com/911/boeing/Douglas.Production.List_files/Douglas.Production.List.html
Images:
7 Feb 1962 Official USAF Photos of Crash Site
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2011 07:35 | ThW | Added |
| 27-Sep-2011 00:28 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2013 00:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Oct-2013 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Nov-2014 08:56 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 30-Dec-2016 19:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2016 19:31 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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