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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13-14 February 1950 |
| Summary | Engine failure |
| Site | Mount Kologet, British Columbia, Canada 56°1′27.61″N 128°37′11.91″W / 56.0243361°N 128.6199750°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Convair B-36B |
| Operator | United States Air Force |
| Registration | 44-92075 |
| Flight origin | Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States |
| Destination | Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas |
| Occupants | 17 |
| Passengers | 1 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 12 |
Sometime after midnight on 14 February 1950, a Convair B-36B, United States Air Force Serial Number 44-92075 assigned to the US 7th Bombardment Wing, Heavy at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, crashed in northwestern British Columbia on Mount Kologet after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb.[1] This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history.[2] The B-36B had been en route from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, to Carswell AFB, more than 3,000 miles southeast, on a mission that included a simulated nuclear attack on San Francisco.[2]
- ^ Dirk Septer (2016). Lost Nuke: The Last Flight of Bomber 075 (Revised ed.). Heritage House Publishing Co. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781772031287.
- ^ a b Clearwater, John M. (2015). "The first one to get away". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 60 (6): 22–27. doi:10.1080/00963402.2004.11460832. ISSN 0096-3402. S2CID 143768224.