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| Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1960 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 40th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 52-566 |
| MSN: | 450851 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Hugoton, Stevens County, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Schilling AFB (KSLN) Salina, Kansas |
| Schilling AFB (KSLN) KS |
During a routine refuelling operation with a KC97 tanker at 14000 ft. the B-47 went spinning out of control crashing in flames north of Hugoton, Kansas. 1st. Lt. Max Ralph Schmaling, Aircraft Commander - 1st. Lt. Frank Ewing Patterson, Pilot and Captain Russell Edwin Wynne, Navigator were killed in the crash. 2nd.Lt. Gordon Elton White, Navigator, Parachuted to safety, suffering only minor injuries.
Sources:
B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
The Hayes Daily News, KS - 6th January 1960
Salina Journal, KS - 5th January 1960
Garden City Telegram, KS - 6th January 1960
Manhattan Mercury, KS - 6th January 1960
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2013 08:10 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 07-Jun-2013 08:20 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2017 22:07 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2020 17:43 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Mar-2020 14:04 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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