Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Jan 10, 1957 (8 killed)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on January 10, 1957 near Perth-Andover New Brunswick, Canada with 8 fatalities. Cause: Believed to have been caused...
- Date: January 10, 1957
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Perth-Andover New Brunswick, Canada
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Believed to have been caused by overstressing the wings and or airframe during an exercise to test the pilot's reflexes.
A USAF B-52 on a training flight out of Loring AFB, Maine, crashed in a large explosion near Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, on January 10, 1957. Eight of the nine crew members were killed, and the co-pilot bailed out and survived.