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In 1965, firefighters sift through the damaged houses and airplane wreckage after a KC-135 tanker jet crashed in a neighborhood near 20th and Piatt in northeast Wichita.

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Houses were leveled at the site of the crash.

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Crowds look at the crash scene of the KC-135 tanker.

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Residents help hold fire hoses at the crash site.

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Houses burn on North Piatt after the KC-135 tanker crashed.

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Volunteers burn rubble from the damaged houses days after the crash.

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Firefighters douse flames at the crash site.

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A KC-135 airplane engine lies in the rubble at crash site.

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Firefighters work to extinguish the fire.

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Burned engines of the downed tanker are taken back to McConnell AFB.

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A truck burns at the site of the crash.

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Law enforcement officers patrol the area after the crash.

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Onlookers view the damage after the crash.

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Smoke billows from the crash site.

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Houses and cars were destroyed at the crash site.

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The crash site in northeast Wichita.

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Air Force personnel look through the rubble at the crash scene.

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An aerial photograph shows the crash site.

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Air Force investigators arrive at the crash scene.

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Many homes in the neighborhood were destroyed or damaged.

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An Air Force KC-135 like this one crashed in northeast Wichita.

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An aerial photograph shows the impact area of the KC-135 crash.

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Volunteers help at the crash scene.

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Firefighters work to put out the flames at the crash site.

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The airplane crash destroyed and damaged many homes in the neighborhood.

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