On 25-Oct-2007, "muff528" wrote:

I wondered if this was a tanker. A friend of my father was killed in a
KB-50
explosion near Bermuda sometime in the late 50's or early 60's.

Tell me more about this. My Dad flew KB-50J Tankers out of England AFB, 622
Tact. Air. Refueling Squadron, in the early 1960s, and did frequent TDYs out
of Bermuda. There were a number of A/C losses at the time, from engine
fires, explosions, etc. before the KB-50s were taken out of service in early
1964, including one flown by a Capt. Pallow that just blew up in mid air,
suspected bomb bay fuel leak or related cause. The KB-50J A/C were old and
very creaky, and downright dangerous to fly.

Brian