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  • 1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash
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  • On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville. The pilot and the navigator survived the accident.
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Site
  • Elephant Mountain, Maine
Tail Number
  • 53
Date
  • 1963-01-24
Origin
  • Westover AFB near Springfield, Massachusetts
Survivors
  • 2
float
  • right
Name
  • 1963
Type
Caption
  • Maine, USA
  • Memorial and wreckage of B-52 on Elephant Mountain
Width
  • 150
Image size
  • 300
Injuries
  • 2
Fatalities
  • 7
Operator
occurrence type
  • Accident
Passengers
  • 0
Crew
  • 9
Aircraft Type
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  • On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville. The pilot and the navigator survived the accident.