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Mayday over Wichita : the worst military aviation disaster in Kansas history

Title: Mayday over Wichita : the worst military aviation disaster in Kansas history / D.W. Carter.
Author: Carter, D. W.
Publication: Charleston : The History Press, 2013.

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158 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashedinto a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people--mostly African American children--were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearly fifty years. Now, historian D.W. Carter examines the myths and realities of the crash while providing new insights about the horrific four-minute flight that forever changed the history of Kansas."--

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-155) and index.

Contents

Seven men -- A routine sortie -- Impact -- Fire all around -- Going into Hell -- The KC-135 -- Inside the cockpit -- Recovering victims -- Picking up the pieces -- Racial barriers in recovery -- A divided city and country -- Why it crashed : the rumors -- Why it crashed : the report -- A subtle killer -- The settlement process -- Final settlements -- The long-awaited memorial.

ISBN

9781626190528
1626190526

LCCN

2013030401

OCLC

ocn851035196
SCSB-9494623

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library