ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334676
| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-2700 |
| MSN: | 16731 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Roswell-Walker AFB, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
The KC-97G air tanker lost a blade of the no.2 prop on takeoff from Roswell-Walker AFB. The blade slashed through the fuselage and hit the refueling tanks. The aircraft rolled into the ground and was totally destroyed.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Passauer Neue Presse 28 June 1956, p2
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