Site of 1956 B-47 Crash into Ordnance Igloo

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The former weapons storage area was the site of the 27 July 1956 crash of a B-47 Stratojet into one of the igloo's. The three Mk6 fission bombs suffered significant damage to include exposure of detonators on the HE sphere. There was no possibility of a nuclear explosion since the nuclear capsules were stored elsewhere. Also, the notion that the countryside would have become contaminated and turned into a desert if the conventional HE in the bombs detonated spreading uranium 238 is false. Four crewman of the 307th Bomb Wing died in the crash.
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Coordinates:   52°24'17"N   0°32'22"E
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