Besides Cubs and IH, my other weird interest is WWII history and Cold War history. Today (Jan. 24) marks the anniversary of "The Goldsboro broken arrow." A B-52 with two thermonuclear bombs aboard crashed just outside of Goldsboro in the community of Faro. One bomb got caught in a tree, the other plummeted to the ground and buried itself in a field. The plutonium secondary was never recovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq2M2cmAlvg
Years ago I heard about this story, when the book came out I read it cover to cover. Pretty amazing story! As a side note, this took place a stone's throw from "Junebug" Green's Auto Salvage, a GREAT old iron graveyard. Also, Adam Mattocks, the relief pilot without an ejection seat, is a native of Onslow County where I now live, and still lives here. I've read the first edition of Joel Dobson's book, it's a pretty good story.
Al
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The night the Air Force almost blew up Goldsboro, NC!
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Re: The night the Air Force almost blew up Goldsboro, NC!
I saw the episode of "Diggers", the show with the 2 guys who go metal detecting historic sites. I had never heard of it before seeing that. Interesting piece of history!
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Here are a few more accidents. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread302187/pg1
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Re: The night the Air Force almost blew up Goldsboro, NC!
Super A wrote:Besides Cubs and IH, my other weird interest is WWII history and Cold War history.
I also have a great interest in WWII history, especially Europe. I have never understood the thought of the German people at that time and I don't see how I ever could. How a civilized nation could have possibly done what they did... just floors me.
These are the actual translated documents from interviews with high ranking officers or just people around at the time who knew what was going on. Most is common knowledge now but still fascinating to read.
http://digital.library.duq.edu/cdm-musmanno/
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