Serial | 17249 | |||||||||||||||
Line Number | T0016 | |||||||||||||||
First Flight | 18.7.1957 | |||||||||||||||
Model | KC-135A Stratotanker | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 24.9.1968 a/c was en-route from Andersen AFB, Guam, to Hickam AFB, HI. when it suffered engine failure & tried for emergency landing at Wake Island AP (AWK); landing gear struck surface of the water, a/c bounced onto east end of runway, striking ILS aerials & bursting into flames (with 509 BW); | |||||||||||||||
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