1966 - Color, Spain: Operation Salvage Operation. 03Mar66 (Atomic Search)
Palomares, Spain
11:04:04 Diver backwards into water from whale boat, camera handed to him & swims away on surface.
11:05:45 03Mar66 Navy Captain Nelson in dress blues step up to chart of Palomares, points w/ pencil to area while talking (MOS). Major enters & points w/ pencil and talking (MOS). Nelson again at map pointing w/ pencil.
11:08:39 Jon Lindbergh, son of Charles, to map & points w/ finger. Captain Nelson again at map pointing w/ pencil. LCDR J.B. Mooney submersible coordinator pointing to chart, talking (MOS), leaves.
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. 03Mar66 (Atomic Search) Palomares, Spain 11:04:04 Diver backwards into water from whale boat, camera handed to him & swims away on surface. 11:05:45 03Mar66 Navy Captain Nelson in dress blues step up to chart of Palomares, points w/ pencil to area while talking (MOS). Major enters & points w/ pencil and talking (MOS). Nelson again at map pointing w/ pencil. 11:08:39 Jon Lindbergh, son of Charles, to map & points w/ finger. Captain Nelson again at map pointing w/ pencil. LCDR J.B. Mooney submersible coordinator pointing to chart, talking (MOS), leaves. 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.