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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0340 |
| MSN: | 18115/454 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Death Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Moses Lake-Larson AFB, WA (LRN) |
| Moses Lake-Larson AFB, WA (LRN) |
Midair collision during in-flight refueling with Republic F-105D-15-RE Thunderchief 61-0091. Reportedly the tanker's no. 4 engine struck the cockpit of the F-105D when beginning a right turn.
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