1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ Mess Line on USS Boston. 23Feb66 (Atomic Search)
Off Palomares, Spain
08:40:19 Aluminaut in water viewed by crew on support ship USS Boston (CAG-1), coastline & other ships behind. Aluminaut away from ship w/ men on deck.
08:41:38 Slate: 23Feb66 Crew in mess line past steam tables on USS Boston. Rolls & fried shrimp given out by cook. MCU steam table w/ vegetables & shrimp in trays. CU cake. Cook stirring large vat.
08:44:23 Men thru hatch to salad tray & butter, CU of trays, silverware. Sailors seated eating, talking.
08:47:01 Supplies at motor pool, beach area of Camp Wilson. Washing & scrubbing Air Force bus.
08:48:37 Truck pulled over pit for oil change, seen from beneath. Mechanic greasing.
Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; Radiation Hazard; 1960s;
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.
Sign in with Google
Similar Sub-themes
1966 - Color, Spain: Aircraft Salvage Operation w/ Mess Line on USS Boston. 23Feb66 (Atomic Search) Off Palomares, Spain 08:40:19 Aluminaut in water viewed by crew on support ship USS Boston (CAG-1), coastline & other ships behind. Aluminaut away from ship w/ men on deck. 08:41:38 Slate: 23Feb66 Crew in mess line past steam tables on USS Boston. Rolls & fried shrimp given out by cook. MCU steam table w/ vegetables & shrimp in trays. CU cake. Cook stirring large vat. 08:44:23 Men thru hatch to salad tray & butter, CU of trays, silverware. Sailors seated eating, talking. 08:47:01 Supplies at motor pool, beach area of Camp Wilson. Washing & scrubbing Air Force bus. 08:48:37 Truck pulled over pit for oil change, seen from beneath. Mechanic greasing. Support Activity; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Aftermath; Radiation Hazard; 1960s; 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.