Originally Posted by
Tarnished
An interesting resource, good find.
Incidentally, I've come across another reference to parachute use, in 1969, where the boom operator and navigator successfully abandoned a KC-135 because of possible imminent fuel exhaustion, though the aircraft did in fact land safely (as did the one in the 1964 engine fire event).
I've yet to find any instances of bailing out following a flight upset event, so I'm not sure how far that gets us in the "if only they'd had parachutes last week" debate.