1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ aerials. 27Feb66 (Atomic Search)
Near Palomares, Spain
08:25:53 View past pilots helmet in helicopter low over beach area of Camp Wilson; turns and farms visible before returning to land at camp. HH-43B w/ two crewmen.
08:27:19 Army UH-1E copter lands nearby on sand dune. Taking off and blowing debris. Chicken laying on side kicking; pot over fire.
08:28:07 View past pilot of helicopter over beach. CU man holding splined shaft & gear found by fisherman. Spanish Guardia Civil & fishermen talking, gesturing in small building. USAF interpreter.
08:29:59 US Airman & fishermen talk on street, other Americans walk past. All walking with Spanish police towarrds hoelicopter on beach.
08:30:38 Looking over operator at Honeywell shadow graph inside a small boat. CUs.
08:31:04 SS Privateer seen from sea w/ Aluminaut on water beside as camera circles.
08:32:20 Slate: 27Feb66 View of man on deck of Aluminaut as another comes out of tower. Navy officer out of tower and walks along deck & boarding SS Privateer.
Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard;
NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.
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1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ aerials. 27Feb66 (Atomic Search) Near Palomares, Spain 08:25:53 View past pilots helmet in helicopter low over beach area of Camp Wilson; turns and farms visible before returning to land at camp. HH-43B w/ two crewmen. 08:27:19 Army UH-1E copter lands nearby on sand dune. Taking off and blowing debris. Chicken laying on side kicking; pot over fire. 08:28:07 View past pilot of helicopter over beach. CU man holding splined shaft & gear found by fisherman. Spanish Guardia Civil & fishermen talking, gesturing in small building. USAF interpreter. 08:29:59 US Airman & fishermen talk on street, other Americans walk past. All walking with Spanish police towarrds hoelicopter on beach. 08:30:38 Looking over operator at Honeywell shadow graph inside a small boat. CUs. 08:31:04 SS Privateer seen from sea w/ Aluminaut on water beside as camera circles. 08:32:20 Slate: 27Feb66 View of man on deck of Aluminaut as another comes out of tower. Navy officer out of tower and walks along deck & boarding SS Privateer. Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; 1960s; Radiation Hazard; NOTE: On 17Jan66 a SAC B-52 carrying four B28 thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs collided in mid-air w/ KC-135 tanker while refueling. 3 bombs were found on shore, high explosives in two had detonated on impact scattering plutonium dust over several hundred acres. After 80 days the fourth bomb was found.