Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker crash, Oct 29, 1957 (16 killed)

Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker accident on October 29, 1957 near Gray Mountain Arizona, United States with 16 fatalities.

A USAF Boeing KC-97 on a low-level survey training flight from Walker AFB overflew Gray Mountain, Arizona, at about 60 feet in marginal weather and then struck a mountain slope about 35 miles from Flagstaff. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 16 occupants were killed.

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