Airplane Crash - Wake Island 09/24/1968
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Wake Island
Date | 09/24/1968 |
Location | Wake Island |
Operator | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Type | Boeing KC-135A |
Registration | 55-3133 |
Cn/In | 17249/16 |
Aboard | 52 |
Fatalities | 11 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Experienced engine trouble and divered to Wake. The plane skidded on the runway with the tail on fire. |
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