<Dl> <Dt> 7 January </Dt> <Dd> An unarmed U.S. Air Force Boeing B - 52C Stratofortress, 54 - 2666, of the 99th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Westover AFB, Massachusetts, crashed into Lake Michigan near Charlevoix, Michigan during a practice bomb run, exploding on impact . Only a small amount of wreckage, two life vests, and some spilled fuel was found in Little Traverse Bay . Bomber went down six nautical miles from the Bay Shore Air Force Radar Site . Nine crew killed while flying (KWF). </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> An unarmed U.S. Air Force Boeing B - 52C Stratofortress, 54 - 2666, of the 99th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Westover AFB, Massachusetts, crashed into Lake Michigan near Charlevoix, Michigan during a practice bomb run, exploding on impact . Only a small amount of wreckage, two life vests, and some spilled fuel was found in Little Traverse Bay . Bomber went down six nautical miles from the Bay Shore Air Force Radar Site . Nine crew killed while flying (KWF). </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> 8 January </Dt> <Dd> General Dynamics FB - 111A, 68 - 0283, c / n B1 - 55, of the 340th Bombardment Group (Medium), Carswell AFB, Texas, on its acceptance test flight from the General Dynamics Plant in Fort Worth, crashes three miles NE of Mandeville, Louisiana, killing both crew, Lt. Col. Bruce D. Stocks, 38, and Maj . Billy C. Gentry, 36 . Over 125 aircraft including Air Force planes from Carswell and Sheppard Air Force Bases, of the Civil Air Patrol (77 from the Fort Worth area and 55 from San Antonio) and the Coast Guard logged more than 275 flight hours in the search by 11 January . The search was expanded into Louisiana and Mississippi on 13 January . "We suspect the plane may have traveled into the areas of Louisiana, southern Mississippi and East Texas," said Capt . Tom Lauterback, information officer at Carswell AFB, on Wednesday 13 January . Escape module with crew's remains not found until 2 February, three weeks after the loss . A parachute was found hanging from a nearby tree, but it did not deploy in time to save the airmen . An FB - 111A escape module displayed at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska, is said to be from this accident . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> General Dynamics FB - 111A, 68 - 0283, c / n B1 - 55, of the 340th Bombardment Group (Medium), Carswell AFB, Texas, on its acceptance test flight from the General Dynamics Plant in Fort Worth, crashes three miles NE of Mandeville, Louisiana, killing both crew, Lt. Col. Bruce D. Stocks, 38, and Maj . Billy C. Gentry, 36 . Over 125 aircraft including Air Force planes from Carswell and Sheppard Air Force Bases, of the Civil Air Patrol (77 from the Fort Worth area and 55 from San Antonio) and the Coast Guard logged more than 275 flight hours in the search by 11 January . The search was expanded into Louisiana and Mississippi on 13 January . "We suspect the plane may have traveled into the areas of Louisiana, southern Mississippi and East Texas," said Capt . Tom Lauterback, information officer at Carswell AFB, on Wednesday 13 January . Escape module with crew's remains not found until 2 February, three weeks after the loss . A parachute was found hanging from a nearby tree, but it did not deploy in time to save the airmen . An FB - 111A escape module displayed at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska, is said to be from this accident . </Dd>

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