1956 B-47 disappearance [SEP] point in time
1956 B-47 disappearance
The 1956 B-47 disappearance occurred on 10 March 1956 over the Mediterranean Sea.
Flight.
A Boeing B-47 Stratojet took off from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in the United States for a non-stop flight to Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, and completed the first of two planned aerial refueling without incident.
After descending through solid cloud cover to begin the second refueling, at , B-47E serial number "52-534", failed to make contact with its tanker.
The
Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 4 Sep 1951 – 15 Jun 1964
- RAF Molesworth, England, 12 Dec 1986 – 31 Jan 1989
- Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 18 Jan 2005–present
History Aircraft and missiles.
- B-29 Superfortress, 1951–1953
- KB-29 Superfortress (Tanker), 1952, 1952–1953
- B-47 Stratojet, 1953–1964
- KC-97 Stratotanker, 1953–1956, 1956, 1960
- BGM-109G, GLCM, 1987–1988.
See also.
- List of B-29 units of the United