1956 B-47 disappearance


The 1956 B-47 disappearance occurred on 10 March 1956 over the Mediterranean Sea.

Flight

A Boeing B-47 Stratojet took off from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in the United States for a non-stop flight to Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, and completed the first of two planned aerial refuelings without incident.
After descending through solid cloud cover to begin the second refueling at, B-47E serial number 52-534, failed to make contact with its tanker.
The unarmed aircraft was transporting two different capsules of nuclear weapons material in carrying cases; a nuclear detonation was not possible.

Aftermath

Despite an extensive search, no debris or bodies were ever found, and the crash site has never been located. The crew was declared dead :