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| Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KB-50K Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 427th ARSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 51-0455 |
| MSN: | 16465 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 200 miles east of Bermuda -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lajes AFB, Azores via Bermuda |
| Langley AFB, VA |
This aircraft was orginially built as TB-50H-BO training aircraft, but later converted to KB-50K aerial refuelling aircraft.
Ran out of fuel before reaching Bermuda after navigational and weather errors and ditched close to tanker "Imperial St. Lawrence", which rescued seven crew members but one man was missing.
Sources:
1. Youngstown Vindicator 5 August 1959, p18
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2017 18:46 | TB | Added |
| 01-Dec-2017 17:01 | TB | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Apr-2020 15:40 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:45 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator, ] |
| 28-Feb-2021 10:48 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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