Fueling Explosion

ID: 2360 ~ Source: Hill, Weldon, interviewed by Sean Sutcliffe, September 7, 2004, in Waco, Texas, Baylor Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview (Interview 3).
This file appears in: James Connally Air Force Base

Retired Waco Fire Department Lieutenant Weldon Hill describes an incident where a man was badly injured when there was an explosion during the fueling on a B-58 bomber.

This file appears in: James Connally Air Force Base

By Sarah Miller
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