ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277305
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Date: | Monday 27 August 1956 |
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Type: | Boeing KC-97 |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | off Cook Inlet, AK -
United States of America
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Nature: | Military |
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Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Search continued for seven airmen diappeared after parachuted into the sea from a crippled KC97 Stratotanker and feared dead. The co-pilot found alive on Fire Island. The pilot landed the plane safely at Elmendorf AFB.
Sources:
The Nome Nugget 29 August 1956, p1
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