Airplane Crash - Near Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts 06/27/1958
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts
| Date | 06/27/1958 |
| Time | 00:30 |
| Location | Near Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts |
| Operator | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Route | Westover AFB - London |
| Type | Boeing KC-135A |
| Registration | 56-3599A |
| Cn/In | 17348 |
| Aboard | 15 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed while attempting to break a transatlantiflight record. Heavily loaded with fuel, the pilots failed to detect the aircraft had gone into a slight descent shortly after becoming airborne. The plane struck some power lines and crashed near the Massachusetts Turnpike. The dead included six journalists. |
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