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January 14, 1966: U.S. soldier burns Viet Cong building during Operation Crimp. Operation Crimp, the joint U.S. and Australian operation in the Vietnam War, ended six days after its January 8 start, with 190 Viet Cong killed and a network of infiltration tunnels destroyed, at a loss of 22 allied lives (14 American, 8 Australaian). [83]
Pages in category "1966 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,823 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
25 January. A USAF C-123K lost power and crashed after take-off from An Khe, en route to Bong Son killing all 46 persons on board. [22] 26 January. In a meeting with Johnson Republican senator John Sherman Cooper urged him to forgo his announced plan to resume bombing of North Vietnam and negotiate a settlement instead. [23] 28 January
January 17 – 1966 Palomares B-52 crash: A USAF B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares, and one into the sea. Carl Brashear , the first African American United States Navy diver, is involved in an accident during the recovery of the latter which results in ...
1966 21 years Irish socialite, heir to the Guinness fortune car Lotus Elan: South Kensington, London Browne was driving at high speed and failed to stop at a traffic light, colliding with a parked lorry. He died of his injuries the following day. Browne's death is supposedly the source of some of the lyrics of The Beatles' song "A Day in the ...
A ground loop results with substantial damage to the landing gear and wing. In 1966 the damaged wing is replaced with an undamaged unit from XC-142A No. 3, 62–5923, out-of-service since its own landing accident on 3 January 1966. 62-5922 returns to flight status on 23 July 1966. [273] 2 November
A "Broken Arrow" incident: On 17 January 1966, a fatal collision occurred between a B-52G (tail number 58‑0256) from 68th Bombardment Wing out of Seymour Johnson AFB and a KC-135 Stratotanker (tail number 61-0273) over Palomares, Almería, Spain, killing all four on the tanker and three of the seven on the B-52G.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1966 (25 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1966" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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