ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235907
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 March 1958 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 308th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 53-1876 |
| MSN: | 290 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Mars Bluff, 6.5 miles east of Florence, South Carolina, -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hunter AFB (KSVN), Savannah, Georgia, USA |
| Hunter AFB (KSVN), Georgia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following take off from Hunter AFB, Georgia, and when en route to England with three other B-47's on 'Operation Snow Storm', a simulated bombing training mission and when at 15,000 ft; the 3.5 ton Fission Bomb (without its nuclear component) was accidentally released, dropping through the bomb doors and impacting the ground at Mars Bluff, 6.5 miles east of Florence, South Carolina where the bombs H E trigger detonator exploded creating a 7o ft. wide x 30 ft. deep crater and demolishing and damaging nearby property and injuring five civilians . The aircraft and crew, Commander, Capt. Earl E. Koehler, Pilot, Capt. Charles S. Woodruff and Capt. Bruce M. Kulka, Navigator/Bombardier, landed safely back to Hunter AFB.
Sources:
B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield
Daily News NY - 13th March 1958
The Index - Journal SC - 12th March 1958
Florence Morning News SC - 12th March 1958
Abilene Reporter News TX - 12th March 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2020 22:10 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:38 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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