1966 - Color, Spain: Operation Salvage Operation. 01Mar66 (Atomic Search)
Palomares, Spain
10:42:04 Slate: 01Mar66 View toward shore from LCM, small rubber boat seen following underwater craft. Handler w/ line & two lines into water from LCM.
10:44:00 Men tending lines to divers. Men pulling.
10:47:44 Man on bridge at controls w/ helm. Frogman close to stern. Underwater kite seen.
Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Near Miss; 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: Operation Salvage Operation. 01Mar66 (Atomic Search) Palomares, Spain 10:42:04 Slate: 01Mar66 View toward shore from LCM, small rubber boat seen following underwater craft. Handler w/ line & two lines into water from LCM. 10:44:00 Men tending lines to divers. Men pulling. 10:47:44 Man on bridge at controls w/ helm. Frogman close to stern. Underwater kite seen. Communications; US Navy; Naval Ships; International Incident; Searching; Near Miss; 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.