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Old 03-20-2012, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Hand View Post
I found more details on the B-36 crash at El Paso in 1953. I had thought it flew straight into the mountain but apparently it was circling and hit it at an angle. And it was one of the few times it snowed in El Paso and that caused general confusion that led to the crash!

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/B...071_Crash.html


Jim Hand
Jim, Thanks for the link. I asked my Dad what he could tell me about B-36's & he eventually brought up a crash too. Dad was stationed at Laughlin from '53-mid '55.

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