On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_17

• 1966 – Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

[sorcrow]

1. Interesting story

I remember reading The Bombs of Palomares when I was 12 or 13, circa 1970. It was one of those titles that jumped out as I perused the shelves at my local library.

Regards,
Sorghum Crow

[LiberalFighter]

2. Letting you know the posts are worth it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Thank you. I was under the impression that most people avoided them.

I use a boilerplate format for the titles precisely to make it easy for people who don't want to read them to trash them.

They're mostly a vanity project. I just pick things I think should be remembered, sometimes for their quirkiness. I favor the offbeat.

And good morning.