Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker crash, Feb 23, 1955 (9 killed)

Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker accident on February 23, 1955 near Windsor Missouri, United States with 9 fatalities.

Shortly after taking off from Sedalia Air Force Base in Missouri, a USAF KC-97 tanker caught fire and crashed on a farm near Windsor. Nine of the eleven crew on board were killed. A contemporary newspaper report says two crew members parachuted to safety.

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