Hanscom Air Force Base – August 8, 1962

Bedford, Massachusetts

     On August 8, 1962, a U.S. Air Force KC-135A Strato-Tanker, (Ser. no. 55-3144), crashed and exploded while landing at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.  All three crewmen aboard perished. 

     They were identified as:

     (Pilot) Captain Clarence E. Kerr, 38, of Beach Grove, Indiana.  He’s buried in Union Chapel Cemetery in St. Paul, Minn.  

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54366385/clarence-eugene-kerr

     (C0-Pilot) Captain William D. Leng, 30, of Mt. Vernon, New York.  He’s buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49246665/william-d-leng

     Airman 1st Class Norman E. Ford, 25, of Dayton, Ohio.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207381528/norman-everett-ford

     The aircraft was coming from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

     Sources:

     Nashua Telegraph, “Hanscom Aircraft Crash Kills 3; Probe Started”, August 9, 1962 

     www.findagrave.com, Memorial #54366385, and 49246665, and 207381528.

     Aviation Safety Network