1966 - Color, Spain: Operation Salvage Operation. 21Feb66 (Atomic Search)
Palomares, Spain
Spanish & US military VIPs out of command tent, Camp Wilson inc. Radm William S. Guest, Major General Wilson, US Amb. to Spain Angier B. Duke, Spanish Minister of Health & the Spanish Minister of Air. Into cars and away.
10:34:05 Air Force men & Spaniards walking down road to helicopter pad in front of others posing, shaking hands & filmed. Spanish woman seems important. Arrival on Spanish helicopter, helped out. Spanish Guardia Civil salute. Walk to tents, in & out.
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. 21Feb66 (Atomic Search) Palomares, Spain Spanish & US military VIPs out of command tent, Camp Wilson inc. Radm William S. Guest, Major General Wilson, US Amb. to Spain Angier B. Duke, Spanish Minister of Health & the Spanish Minister of Air. Into cars and away. 10:34:05 Air Force men & Spaniards walking down road to helicopter pad in front of others posing, shaking hands & filmed. Spanish woman seems important. Arrival on Spanish helicopter, helped out. Spanish Guardia Civil salute. Walk to tents, in & out. 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.