57-0179
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- June 18, 1965Accident
While cruising over the South China Sea in formation with a second USAF B-52, the aircraft was completing a holding circuit awaiting a KC-135 for refueling. Doing so, both aircraft collided and crashed into the South China Sea about 400 km off the Vietnam coast. Five crew members on board 57-0179 were killed while a six occupants was rescued. On board 57-0047, three crew members were killed while three others were evacuated. Those killed were: 1st Lt James A. Marshall, Maj James M. Gehrig Jr., C