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| Date: | Friday 21 June 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1498 |
| MSN: | 17569/178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9,5 km N of Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
| Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF) |
Crashed into a wooded hillside during an instrument approach in heavy rain.
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