Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crash, Aug 28, 1963 (6 killed)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker accident on August 28, 1963 near Atlantic Ocean, World with 6 fatalities. Cause: Mid air collision between the two tankers;...
- Date: August 28, 1963
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Location: Atlantic Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Mid air collision between the two tankers; the available sources give no official finding.
Two Boeing KC 135A Stratotankers of the 19th Bomb Wing, 61 0319 and 61 0322, collided over the Atlantic while returning to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida after refuelling two B 47 bombers. All eleven crew members on the two aircraft were lost, six on one and five on the other.