Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The crew was completing a flight from Wheelus Airbase in Mitiga to Nairobi, carrying support personnel and equipment for the recovery team of the Aurora 7, the second American manned orbital flight. While descending to Nairobi from the west, after a holding circuit, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and limited visibility when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain shrouded in clouds and located 32 km west of the airport of Nairobi-Embakasi. The aircraft was destroyed and all 13 occupants were killed.

The crew was taking part to a training exercise out of Evreux Airbase with five other similar aircraft. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the airplane went out of control and crashed in the Ecouves forest located 11 km north of Alençon. The aircraft was destroyed and all 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Maj William J.Wilson,
Cpt Edward J. Vianco,
Cpt Vincent Stantucci,
1st Lt James S. Douglass,
1st Lt Stanley C. Hardin,
S/Sgt Alfred J. Knight,
T/Sgt Robert L. Conway,
T/Sgt Harold E. Kazee,
A1c Cecil Williams,
A1c Huey Green,
A1c Theodore Shedelbower,
A2c Stanley E. Royster,
A3c Gayle J. O'Grady,
Sp4 James Waples,
Sp4 Lee Taylor.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Ramstein AFB. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway to the left and came to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

For unknown reason, the four engine aircraft failed to land at Ashiya AFB and overshot. At the end of the runway, it stalled and crashed on several barracks. A crew member was killed while eight other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed. On ground, nine people were killed while several others were injured. The exact circumstances of the mishap remains unclear.

While approaching Pairs, the four engine aircraft collided with a French Air Force Dassault Mystère IV. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Triel-sur-Seine, west of Paris. All seven crew members in both aircraft were killed. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unclear.

The crew departed Incirlik AFB near Adana on a survey flight over Turkey. The mission consisted of an overflight of the region of Trabzon and Van, maintaining a minimum distance of 160 km with the Turkey/Armenia border. The crew passed over the city of Trabzon at an altitude of 25,500 feet and instead of changing its direction to the south bound for Van, the airplane continued to the east. While flying over Armenia at an altitude of 22,000 feet, the Hercules was shot down by an air-air missile fired by the pilot of a Soviet fighter. Out of control, the four engine aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the city of Talin. Few weeks later, the bodies of six crew members were transferred to the US Authorities while nothing was heard anymore about the 11 intelligence-gathering personnel belonging to the United States Air Force Security Service (USAFSS).