Captain John Phillips, Jr. was flying a Boeing KC-97G assigned to the Strategic Air Command’s 96th Air Refueling Squadron when he crashed in the cloud enshrouded Box Springs Mountains on June 27, 1954. The accident occurred at 1:58 AM as the KC-97G approached March Air Force Base in Riverside County, CA. Captain Phillips and all thirteen of his passengers and crew were tragically killed in this weather related loss. Pilot, Capt. John Phillips, Jr. USAF Co-Pilot, 2/Lt. Joseph C. Zemaitis Jr. USAF Navigator, 1st Lt. Robert P. Cincoltta USAF Navigator, 2/lt Charles Moultrie Jr. USAF Navigator, 2/Lt Irvin Gebhard, USAF Pilot, 2/Lt Eugene R. Johnson USAF S/Sgt James R. Morgan USAF S/Sgt Loren E. Thompson USAF A/2c Richard T. Ott USAF A/1c Edward Black USAF A/1c Davic Arabula USAF S/Sgt Vincent Provenzande USAF S/Sgt Robert O. Gonzales USAF
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