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On January 13, 1964, a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-52_bomber - B-52 bomber carrying two 24-megaton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_bomb - nuclear bombs crashed on Savage Mountain during a winter storm. After an extensive search of the mountain, the nuclear weapons were recovered. A memorial to the incident, dedicated in July 1964, is located in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantsville,_Maryland - Grantsville , MD. This B-52D was enroute from Westover Air Force Base, [Chicopee Falls,] Massachusetts, to its home base at Turner Air Force Base, [Albany,] Georgia. The crash occurred approximately 17 miles SW of Cumberland, Maryland.Prior to the crash, the pilot had requested a change of altitude because of severe air turbulence at 29,500 feet. The aircraft was cleared to climb to 33,000 feet. During the climb, the aircraft encountered violent air turbulence and aircraft structural failure subsequently occurred. Of the five aircrew members, only the pilot and co-pilot survived. The gunner and navigator ejected but died of exposure to sub-zero temperatures after successfully reaching the ground. The radar navigator did not eject and died upon aircraft impact. The crash site was an isolated mountainous and wooded area. The site had 14 inches of new snow covering the aircraft wreckage which was scattered over an area of approximately 100 yards square. The weather during the recovery and clean up operation involved extreme cold and gusty winds. Both weapons remained in the aircraft until it crashed and were relatively intact ( interesting term) in the approximate center of the wreckage area.
My father's property backs up to the crash site .. the ORV trail that backs up to his property has a cross marking the spot where one the the crew members that passed away was found ... If things had gone horribly wrong, the whole county and then some would be a parking lot .
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