Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 February 1965
Aircraft Type: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator: United States Air Force – USAF
Registration Number: 63-8882
Location: 322 km S off Cape Race, NL, Canada –
ÿ Atlantic Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: KC-135A StratotankerKC-135A Stratotanker
Category: Accident
A Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker US Air Force tanker plane crashed after colliding with a B-47 bomber over the Atlantic Ocean. The KC-135A was refueling a B-47E Stratojet returning from Spain, when the collision occurred at approximately 28,000 feet. Both aircraft exploded and crashed into flames near Bangor, Maine and Cape Race, Newfoundland.A Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker US Air Force tanker plane crashed after colliding with a B-47 bomber over the Atlantic Ocean. The KC-135A was refueling a B-47E Stratojet returning from Spain, when the collision occurred at approximately 28,000 feet. Both aircraft exploded and crashed into flames near Bangor, Maine and Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Description
A Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker US Air Force tanker plane was destroyed when it crashed following a mid-air collision with a B-47 bomber over the Atlantic Ocean. The KC-135A had just finished refuelling one B-47 and was in the process of refuelling a second Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 52-0171, that was returning from Spain to its base at Pease AFB. The collision occurred at over 28,000 ft. Both aircraft exploded and crashed in flames into the Atlantic Ocean, 700 miles East of Bangor, Maine and 200 miles South of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N7YgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=tanker%20plane%20four&pg=3474%2C5883748https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N7YgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=tanker%20plane%20four&pg=3474%2C5883748Primary Cause
Mid-air collision between a KC-135A and a B-47 bomber.Mid-air collision between a KC-135A and a B-47 bomber.Share on:
