Bombs - Guns - Weapons

Jan. 23, 1968 - Search for H-Bombs after American Bomber crashed in Greenland: A search is being carried out by American Air Force teams for four hydrogen bombs aboard a U.S bomber which crashed into ice-covered sea when attenpting an emergency landing. The plane, a B-52 bomber, crashed yesterday in Greenland's North Star Bay-seven miles from the American Air Force base at Thule. A statement said the B-52 bomber's nuclear weapons were unarmed ad there was no danger of a nuclear explosion. Photo shows This picture, taken in the summer of 1967, shows a plane of the type which crashed yesterday, making an emergency landing, at Thule air base, with brake-parachute unfolded at the tail

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B-52 Bombs Crashed Greenland Greenlands H-bombs Hydrogen Ice-covered Statement Teams Thule Unarmed Unfolded

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