![]() ![]() ![]() ***CRASH*** JanuAn unarmed USAF B-52C-45-BO, 54-2666, of the 9th BW, Westover AFB, Massachusetts, crashed into Lake Michigan near Charlevoix, Michigan during a practice bomb run, exploding on impact. One of the eight jet engines ran for forty minutes following crash. Heroic efforts by crash crew save all nine on board, although one suffered broken limbs, and three firefighters were injured. ***CRASH*** ApA USAF B-52 of the 26th Bomb Wing caught fire and crashed during landing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, skidding into a brick storage building containing 25,000 gallons of jet fuel. accident as the Stratofortress exploded on impact. ***CRASH*** OctoA USAF B-52F-70-BW, 57-0172, of the 329th Bomb Squadron, crashed about 1,000 feet beyond end of runway while doing touch-and-goes at Castle AFB, California. 1 crew member killed all four B-28 weapons are consumed in post-crash fire, extensive contamination of site, several relief workers exposed to radiation. 4642256, from Plattsburgh AFB, New York, carrying four hydrogen bombs crashes on the ice seven miles short of Thule Air Base, Greenland. It is later recovered intact 5 miles (8 km) offshore. One bomb lands intact near the town, and another is lost at sea. Seven crew members are killed in the crash, and two of the B-52's Mark 28 nuclear bombs rupture, scattering radioactive material over the countryside. ***CRASH*** JanuA B-52 Stratofortress collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling near Palomares, Spain in the Palomares hydrogen bombs incident. ![]() Both bombs survive intact and are recovered. Radar nav fails to eject, rides airframe in with two nuclear weapons on board. Navigator, tail gunner, eject, die of exposure. ***CRASH*** January 13, 1964: United States Air Force B-52D-10-BW, 55-060, suffers structural failure in turbulence of winter storm, crashes approximately 17 miles SW of Cumberland, Maryland. Two nuclear weapons on board tear loose on impact but no explosion or contamination takes place. ***CRASH*** March 14, 1961: Failure of a pressurization system forces USAF B-52 to fly low, accelerating fuel-burn, bomber has fuel starvation at 10,000 feet over Yuba City, California, crashes, killing aircraft commander. ![]() Air Force excavates fifty feet down, finds no trace of bomb, forcing permanent digging easement on site. ***CRASH*** January 24, 1961: A USAF B-52G-95-BW, 58-0187, on airborne alert suffers structural failure, fuel leak, of starboard wing over Goldsboro, North Carolina, wing fails when flaps are engaged during emergency approach to Seymour Johnson AFB, two weapons on board break loose during airframe disintegration, one parachutes safely to ground, second impacts on marshy farm land, breaks apart, sinks into quagmire. Both aircraft deployed from Columbus AFB, Mississippi. Bombs moved to the AEC's Clarkesville, Tennessee storage site for inspection and dismantlement. One bomb partially burned in fire, but both are recovered intact. ***CRASH*** OctoA USAF B-52F-100-BO, 57-036, collides with KC-135 tanker, 57-1513, over Hardinsberg, Kentucky, crashes with two nuclear weapons on board, killing four of eight on the bomber and all four tanker crew. Thirteen crew members are killed, while three survive. ***CRASH*** SeptemTwo B-52s collide over the town of Airway Heights near Fairchild AFB. The aircraft climbed straight up, stalled, fell over backwards and nosed straight down. The incident is caused by trim motors that were hooked up backwards. All crew members are killed except the tail gunner. Air Force B-52 crashes on takeoff at Fairchild AFB near Spokane, Washington. ![]()
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