Boeing B-50 Superfortress crash, Mar 5, 1961 (9 killed)

Boeing B-50 Superfortress accident on March 5, 1961 near Biggs AAF (El Paso) Texas, United States with 9 fatalities.

A United States Air Force Boeing B 50 Superfortress tanker was returning to Biggs Air Force Base at El Paso, Texas, from a refuelling mission over the Pacific on 5 March 1961. It crashed on approach to the base and exploded, scattering wreckage over about half a mile. All nine people on board were killed, seven crew and two maintenance men.

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