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===1960 KC-97 tanker crash=== [[Image:NewryME BearRiverGrange.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Bear River Grange]] At 20:15 on June 27, 1960, a [[United States Air Force]] tanker of the [[380th Air Refueling Squadron]] departed [[Plattsburgh AFB]] to refuel a [[Strategic Air Command]] bomber. The [[Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter]] rendezvoused with the [[B-47 Stratojet]] bomber at an altitude of 15,500 feet in the ''Fighting Fox'' [[aerial refueling]] area over Newry. As the bomber maneuvered into refueling position, a lubrication failure caused the tanker's outboard port engine [[supercharger]] impeller to disintegrate. Impeller fragments leaving the engine nacelle caused fuel leakage. The bomber observed ignition of the leaking fuel and broke away from formation. The tanker entered a gradual left turn, which became a spiraling spin as the fire rapidly caused structural damage to the port wing. Seven miles away, three hundred people at a [[Rumford, Maine|Rumford Point]] [[drive-in theater]] observed the tanker spin down, with burning pieces flying off. The fuselage impacted a forested slope of granite boulders and caused a fireball seen fifty miles away in [[Lewiston, Maine|Lewiston]]. The port wing tip was found in Howard Pond, three miles from the crash site. There were no survivors from the tanker's five-man crew.<ref>{{cite news |last=Noddin |first=Peter |date=October 2001 |title=REMEMBERING THE CREW OF KC-97G 52-2728 |url=http://www.mewreckchasers.com/kc97art.html |work=Dirago Flyer |access-date=January 19, 2012}} Published on the Web site Aviation Archaeology in Maine.</ref> Wet vegetation limited spread of the fire, but fuel-covered trees were completely consumed and the five-acre hillside wreckage field was discernible for years amid the surrounding forest.
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