XPost: rec.aviation.military   
   From: p-stickney@comcast.net   
      
   John Szalay wrote:   
      
   > "Frank from Deeetroit"  wrote in   
   > news:aPOdnWjR46kRoE7anZ2dnUVZ_ternZ2d@comcast.com:   
   >   
   >> I have a friend who was stationed at Loring AFB, Maine in the early   
   >> 1960's assigned as an x-ray technician, 42nd. Bomb Wing, 811th.   
   >> Medical Group  .   
   >>   
   >> He recalls a B-52 crashing on take-off and the flight crew perished in   
   >> the crash.  He was part of the team who x-rayed the crew for the post   
   >> crash investigation and to identify the bodies.  We checked Google for   
   >> information on this incident without finding any information.   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone have information on this crash and possibly the cause of   
   >> the crash?  The closest B-52 crash, in this area, was a flight that   
   >> lost it's tail and crashed on Eagle Mountain in 1963. This is not the   
   >> crash my friend describes.   
   >>   
   >> My friend was assigned to Loring AFB from February 1961 to June 1964.   
   >> He believes the crash took place in 1963.   
   >>   
   >> One last detail, during the autopsies, one of the pilots sholder   
   >> holstered pistol discharged in the crash inflicting a head wound.   
   >> Discharge was determined to have been caused by the heat of the fire,   
   >> post crash.   
   >>   
   >> Thanx for your time.   
   >>   
   >> Frank   
   >>   
   >   
   >  Checked several databases, the only crashes I could find at Loring   
   >   at or near that time period.. no B-52s but ,,  till looking..   
   >   
   > the   
   >   
   > 04JAN1965 61-0265 Boeing KC-135  Loring AFB 4   
   >   0265 (c/n 18172) engines 3 and 4 sheared off in turbulence and aircraft   
   > crashed on takeoff Jan 4, 1965, Loring AFB.  4 killed.   
   >   
   > 09MAY1962 56-3618 Boeing KC-135  Loring AFB 6   
   >    3618 suffered engine failure and crashed May 9, 1962 during   
   >    heavy-weight   
   > takeoff at Loring AFB, ME.  All 6 onboard killed.   
      
   Good catch, John - I was going to suggest that it might have   
   been a KC-135 - the Loring folks had very bad luck with them,   
   but I haven't been able to dig my KC-135 references out, yet as   
   we unpack from the move.   
      
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