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Tragedy in El Paso, 1953
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The B-36 was an incredible aircraft.

https://davetzold.com/2012/07/...klin-mountains-1953/


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Interesting!

Growing up in ABQ we got to see most everything the AF or any other aviation related activity fielded, but I never got to see one of these.
If they were in El Paso , I am amazed that Inever saw any that came up to Kirtland AFB



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TC, a B-36 accidentally dropped a Mark 17 nuclear bomb 4 1/2 miles from the Kirtland control tower in 1957. The trigger detonated, but fortunately the bomb was unarmed. That would have "rearranged" ABQ, eh?
Here is a troubling memory of the El Paso crash shared this morning by a friend:

"That crash occurred when I was in my late teens and I hiked
up to a vantage point the day after the crash and watched the initial
recovery of bodies operation. It was something I can't forget since
due to the ruggedness, there was just no way to get the remains down
respectfully. They used heavy duty body bags and two men would
grab an end of the bag and swing it in a "1-2-3 heave-ho" fashion
down the mountain taking repeated tosses to get to the bottom."


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This got me researching the B-36, as I had no clue. What a wild and cool plane that was made just 30 minutes away from me in Fort Worth.


I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.

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