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17 Perish As Two Air Force Planes Collide Mid-Air
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keywords: u.s. air force, military aircraft, mid-air collision, astronaut recovery program
Synopsis: Rare footage of an actual mid-air collision between aircraft during a routine training mission by U.S. Air Force aircraft practicing Astronaut Recovery operations...(read more)
- Date: 1964
- Duration: 00:00:39
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: North Atlantic
17 Perish As Two Air Force Planes Collide Mid-Air
U.S. Air Force planes take off on a routine astronaut recovery practice mission when tragedy strikes in mid-air. Two planes collide, only 2 men are able to bail out and 20 others go down with the craft. Five men are pulled from the sea, but 17 are killed. Shows U.S. aircraft falling into the sea after mid-air collision. Shows smoking wreckage of the planes on the ocean, JC-130 aircraft flies over smoking wreckage.
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- Newsreels: 1964 - July 2
