The 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash involved an aircraft that was en route to the Air Force base just southeast of what Alaska town?
1950 British Columbia B-36 crash On 14 February 1950, a Convair B-36B, Air Force Serial Number "44-92075" assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, crashed in northern British Columbia after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history. The B-36 had been en route from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, more than 3000 miles south-east, on a mission that included a simulated nuclear attack on San Francisco.
Zachar Bay Seaplane Base Zachar Bay Seaplane Base (IATA: KZB) is a seaplane base located in Zachar Bay (near Larsen Bay), in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.