antarmike Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 A USAF B-50 on a routine weapons ferrying flight between Goose Bay, Labrador and its home base at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, loses two of four engines. To maintain altitude it jettisons empty Mark 4 nuclear bomb casing just before 1600 hrs. at 10,500 feet above the St. Lawrence River near the town of St. Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, about 90 miles NE of Quebec, Canada. HE in the casing was observed detonating upon impact in the middle of the twelve-mile-wide river, the blast felt for 25 miles. Official Air Force explanation at the time is that the Superfortress released three conventional 500-pound HE bombs. Moral of this story, Never believe what you are told.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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