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1956 B 47 disappearance

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Site
  
Mediterranean sea

Crew
  
3

Aircraft type
  
Boeing B-47E Stratojet

Injuries (nonfatal)
  
0

Fatalities
  
3

Location
  
Mediterranean Sea

Passengers
  
0

Survivors
  
0

Date
  
10 March 1956

Operator
  
United States Air Force

Survivor
  
0

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Summary
  
Missing, status unknown

Similar
  
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The 1956 B-47 disappearance occurred on 10 March 1956 over the Mediterranean Sea.

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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 aerial refueling without incident.

After descending through solid cloud to begin the second refueling, at 14,000 feet (4,300 m), B-47E serial number 52-534, failed to make contact with its tanker.

The unarmed aircraft was carrying two capsules of nuclear weapons material in carrying cases; a nuclear detonation was not possible.

Aftermath

Despite an extensive search, no debris was ever found, and the crash site has never been located.

References

1956 B-47 disappearance Wikipedia