Serial | 018730 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 18.8.1964 | |||||||||||||||
Model | KC-135A Stratotanker | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 26.2.1965 in mid-air collision at 28,000ft with B-47E 52-0171 when the bomber struck tanker while moving into the refuelling position; both a/c exploded & crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 700mi E of Bangor, ME, & 200mi (322km) S of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada (with 397 BW) | |||||||||||||||
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