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Date:Thursday 16 March 1961
Time:dusk
Type:Douglas RB-66B Destroyer
Owner/operator:United States Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 54-430
MSN: 44730
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:in North Sea -   United Kingdom
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Alconbury (EGWZ)
Destination airport:Vliehors, Netherlands
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Lost over North Sea on flight from RAF Alconbury, during a "Royal Flush" mission, which included flare-dropping at the Vliehors Ranges, Netherlands. 3 crew missing, presumed dead.

Sources:

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html
http://www.geocities.ws/cornfield12000/accidents.html
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?77600-RB-66-Crashes-information-required
http://www.vlieland-info.nl/Klu.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Aug-2011 06:14 ThW Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
27-Sep-2011 00:08 Uli Elch Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Jan-2013 12:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jan-2013 12:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
04-Jan-2017 19:36 TB Updated [Operator, Narrative]

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