Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crash, Nov 25, 1958 (5 killed)

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker accident on November 25, 1958 near Loring AFB Maine, United States with 5 fatalities.

A USAF KC 135A tanker on a training and evaluation flight from Loring AFB, Maine, was making a touch and go landing when it rolled right after becoming airborne and struck an engine. It cartwheeled into woods about 1,000 feet from the runway and burned. Five of the seven on board died, including one who succumbed to burns weeks later.

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