B-52 DOWN: The Night the Bombs Fell From the Sky
B-52 DOWN: The Night the Bombs Fell From the Sky by Linda Sittig
English | June 20, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D7QJB6MW | 163 pages | EPUB | 3.72 Mb
English | June 20, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D7QJB6MW | 163 pages | EPUB | 3.72 Mb
January 1964: America and the Soviet Union are embroiled in the Cold War. Each country has massive aircraft armed with nuclear weapons, ready to attack.
A B-52 Stratofortress, the icon of American airpower, has been brought back from overseas patrol for needed repairs. A B-52 crew from Turner Air Force Base in Georgia flies to Massachusetts to retrieve the plane. Expecting a short return flight to Georgia, the crew is caught unaware as they fly into an Arctic blizzard, disabling the plane. Bailing out at 30,000 feet, dressed only in their Georgia flight suits, the crew ejects over the rugged 52,000-acre Savage River State Forest in the mountains of western Maryland.
Each man lands about 2 miles away from the other in the still-raging blizzard with only their parachutes and simple survival kits.
The nearby community rallies and sends out search parties. The search teams continued for five days, hoping to find survivors. Meanwhile, the plane crashed in the mountains with its two nuclear bombs still on board.