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| Date: | Sunday 9 September 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin B-57E Canberra |
| Owner/operator: | USAF - Air Force Flight Test Center |
| Registration: | 55-4234 |
| MSN: | 336 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Midwest City, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tinker AFB, OK (KTIK) |
The B-57 Canberra bomber crashed in the Midwest City suburb of Oklahoma City about two minutes after take off from Tinker AFB. Major Thomas J. Deegan (37) and A1C Bobbie L. Rolland (25) died.
Note: some sources mistakenly give the B-47E Statojet 54-4234 as involved, but this one was transfered to MASDC 25 OCT 1965.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 10 September 1962, p16
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10 September 1962, p1
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/B-57.html
USAF individual aircraft record card
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2020 15:01 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 25-Mar-2020 14:40 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 12-May-2021 20:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-May-2021 06:05 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-May-2021 07:18 | TB | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 09:06 | phlamberts | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
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