Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker crash, Nov 5, 1964 (5 killed)

Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker accident on November 5, 1964 near Pease AFB (Portsmouth) New Hampshire, United States with 5 fatalities.

Five Stratotanker aircraft were scheduled to take off from Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, on an air refueling training mission on 5 November 1964. The first three departed normally, but the fourth crashed and exploded after takeoff, scattering debris across a golf course and a nearby road. All five crew were killed and two civilians watching from a car were slightly burned.

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