This has happened many times in civilian aviation as well, many times with the pilots still inside but incapacitated. I remember one famous story of a doctor i

This has happened many times in civilian aviation as well, many times with the pilots still inside but incapacitated. I remember one famous story of a doctor in a beechcraft who passed out from hypoxia -- only to awaken hours later by the jarring of the airplane bouncing along in a cornfield. The plane's autopilot had kept the wings level until it ran out of gas. Then it slowly descended into a field. What a story that guy had to tell! I wonder if he flew very much after that.