Talk:1950 British Columbia B-36 crash

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[edit] Second Nuclear Bomb?

Here it states that a second nuclear weapon was carried with the plane to the crash site, but the sources linked indicate that only one nuclear weapon was carried and it was dropped into the ocean. Can anyone explain this? -Lommer | ^talk 21:36, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks to SimonP for clearing this up. -Lommer | ^talk 23:05, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

location of the wreckage. the article poses it wasnt found for 3 years but the foto's in the notes show a 'smouldering' wreckage. My guess is they just wished it a secret as it had to do with nukes somehow.80.57.242.54 20:19, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

The Discovery channel documentary "Lost Nuke" expedition did find some abnormally high radiation levels at the crash site. Also, they did show Air force and ham operator reports that did show sporadic radio messages that continued from the plane for 3 hours after the crew officially bailed out. Should I put in references to this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.153.151.47 (talk) 22:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Background on Accident

Added some basic information about the bomb (natural uranium, HE quantity). Will likely add more when I get the time. USAF did not have possession of nuclear capsules in 1950, this was later implemented with the "Bombs on Base" program. AF Accident Report shows only one bomb aboard aircraft. Silverplate Silverplate (talk) 18:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)