59-2576

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Safety history

  • March 30, 1961Accident

    The crew departed Dow AFB for a training and refueling mission. At an altitude of 30,000 feet, while preparing to refuel with a USAF KC-125, the pilot-in-command reduce the speed too much, causing the airplane to stall and to enter a dive. Two crew members were able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion near Silver Hill. Six crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt William Donald McCullen, pilot, † Cpt William Woody Farmer, copilot, † Cpt Robert Marsh Morgenroth, radar navigator

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