58-0256
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Safety history
- January 17, 1966Accident
Collided in midair with a USAF KC-135 registered 61-0273 while performing a refueling mission during 'Operation Chrome Dome'. Crashed near Palomares, killing four of the seven crew members. Four nuclear weapons fell from the wreckage, one of them was 2 1/2 months later into the Mediterranean Sea. Crew: Cpt Charles Charlie Wendorf, pilot, Maj Larry Messinger, pilot, Michael Rooney, copilot, Cpt Ivan Buchanan, radar navigator, 1st Lt George J. Glesner, † 1st Lt Steven G. Montanus, † T/Sgt Ronald P