What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1956
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 38.00° N, 17.00° E
- Description
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet disappeared in 1956
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1956 USAF Boeing B-47 disappearance
Cold War disappearance of a nuclear-equipped Boeing B-47
The 1956 B-47 disappearance was a Cold War aviation incident in which a United States Air Force Boeing B-47 Stratojet vanished over the Mediterranean Sea on 10 March 1956 while en route from MacDill Air Force Base in Florida to Ben Guerir Air Base in Morocco. The aircraft, carrying three crew members, failed to make contact with a KC-97 tanker during a scheduled aerial refuelling.
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