Survivors of the US Convair B-36 bomber crash
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- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Date
- February 1950
- Accession Number
- 69726A
- Material Type
- photograph
- Content
- Part of a series 69726 - 69726B
- Photographer / Studio
- Province Newspaper
- Collection
- Province Newspaper Collection
- Date
- February 1950
- Content
- Part of a series 69726 - 69726B
- Rescue operation and survivors of the February 13, 1950 Convair B-36B air crash. The U.S. Military aircraft was carrying an atomic bomb which was dropped and detonated over the Pacific. The crew parachuted over Princess Royal Island where the surviors where rescued and taken to Port Hardy. The plane crashed on Mount Kologet north of Smithers, B.C.
- Corporation
- Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Canadian Air Force
- United States. Air Force
- United States. Coast Guard Auxiliary
- Hotel Vancouver (1939- )
- Topic
- Bombers
- Military maneuvers
- Air forces
- Search and rescue operations
- Aircraft accidents
- Nuclear weapons
- Atomic bomb
- Geographic Location
- British Columbia - Vancouver
- Accession Number
- 69726A
- Material Type
- photograph
- Physical Description
- Source negative (11x13cm)
- Copyright
- Public Domain