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| Date: | Tuesday 25 November 1958 |
| Time: | 07:27 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3598 |
| MSN: | 17347/37 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) |
| Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) |
Stratotanker 56-3598 took off from Loring AFB (LIZ) at 04:45 in the morning for a training flight. The airplane was performing a touch and go exercise when the No 4 engine. The right wing dipped and the airplane crashed.
Sources:
Five Airmen Die As Stratotanker Crashes ( Lima News, 1958-11-25)
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