56-0605

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • December 27, 1972Accident

    The airplane was engaged in the Linebacker II mission over North Vietnam, carrying six crew members from Andersen AFB, Guam. While overflying the Hanoi area, the aircraft was hit by a SA-2 surface-to-air missile. Out of control, it crashed in Trùng Quán, a district located northeast of Hanoi. Two crew members were killed while four others were taken PoW. Crew: Cpt Frank Lewis, pilot, Cpt Samuel Cusimano, copilot, 1st Lt Bennie Fryer, navigator, † Maj James Condon, radio navigator, Maj Allen John

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