What the records say
- When
- 16 Jan 1965
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.72° N, 97.31° W
- Description
- crash of US Air Force aircraft in Kansas
- Deaths
- 30
- Injured
- 27
1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash
Crash of US Air Force tanker aircraft in Kansas
On 16 January 1965, a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in the central United States, in a neighborhood in north-eastern Wichita, Kansas, after taking off from McConnell Air Force Base. This resulted in the deaths of all seven crew members on board the aircraft and an additional twenty-three people on the ground.
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