Albuquerque's 1950 Bomber Crash

by Joseph T. Page II

Piece together the story of Albuquerque's 1950 Broken Arrow disaster from the wreckage of a Superfortress Bomber crash. On April 11, 1950, a B-29 aircraft departed Kirtland AFB at 9:38 p.m. and approximately three minutes later crashed into Manzano Mountain, killing the 13-member crew. The aircraft was carrying a Mark IV atomic weapon from Albuquerque's Kirtland Air Force Base to the crew's home station in Roswell, New Mexico. The incident marked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467151513
• ISBN13: 9781467151511
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages