#KC97

[bigglesworld]

Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter. OHNG. At RAF Greenham Common EGVI. In 1974

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[usafphantom2]

B47 and KC97

KC-97 Stratofreighter aerial refueling tanker variant of C-97 Stratofreighter (which was itself based on the Boeing B-29 Superfortress), greatly modified flying boom first developed for KB-29 bomber. The cavernous upper deck capable of accommodating oversize cargo

@CcibChris via X

[aviationhistory]

Model Was KC-97 .. Mount Clemens, Mich. (AP) -- A loaded Air Force tanker plane smashed in a flaming smear across a busy highway late Tuesday, destroying two buildings and narrowly missing a tavern and a tulip farm house. The pilot had just veered his stricken ship, loaded with 9,500 gallons of fuel, away from a crowded housing project. The pilot, LT. JOHN C. BIBBLE, 24, Urbana, Ill., and the four other airmen aboard lost their lives. A housewife, RUTH KING, 32, said the four-engine, prop-driven KC97 from nearby Selfridge Air Force base struck "in a great big billow of flame and smoke." The big pot-bellied ship, crashing moments after takeoff, left a wake of burning wreckage. Pieces hung from overhead power lines and clogged U.S. 25, the highway leading from nearby Detroit. An Air Force spokesman said the ship was on a routine refueling mission when it apparently suffered a power failure on target. The ship veered away from a Selfridge Base housing project of 380.

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[rhubarbes]

the engineer's station. tucson, az. 2015. by eyetwist on Flickr.

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