ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74687
Last updated: 12 February 2020
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| Date: | 08-JAN-1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KB-50K Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 51-0465 |
| C/n / msn: | 16483 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Langley AFB, VA |
| Lajes AFB, Azores |
Missing over the Atlantic.
Took off from the Lagley AFB for the Azores. Pilot Robert Tawney; co-pilot 1st Lt Lieut Zoltan Robert Szaloki. About 1:00 pm a transmission was heard from the aircaft about 240 miles off the East coast. By 7:00 P.m. a search was started for the missing aircraft. An oil slick was found about 300 miles off the US Coast but it is unknown if that came from the missing aircraft.
Sources:
http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/introduction.html
Correio da Manhã 10 January 1962, p6 (2°Caderno)
Link to 9 men crew memorials
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=42975&page=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2010 09:32 | harro | Added |
| 30-Sep-2014 19:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2015 05:54 | noman | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2015 19:37 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2015 20:05 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Oct-2015 19:16 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2015 09:05 | noman | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2015 13:25 | noman | Updated [Source] |
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