{"product_id":"albuquerques-1950-bomber-crash-9781467151511","title":"Albuquerque's 1950 Bomber Crash","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePiece together the story of Albuquerque's 1950 Broken Arrow disaster from the wreckage of a Superfortress Bomber crash.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn April 11, 1950, at 9:38 p.m., a B-29 aircraft departed Kirtland Air Force Base. Approximately three minutes later, it crashed into the Manzano Foothills, killing everyone aboard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roswell-based aircraft and her 13-member crew were ferrying a Mark IV atomic weapon from Kirtland AFB to a Strategic Air Command base in Texas. The incident marked the second nuclear weapons related accident in the U.S. military, the first accident in the continental U.S., and the first of two such accidents near Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor and military historian Joseph T. Page II recalls the lives lost in this tragic crash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467151511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Joseph T. Page II","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52136341569717,"sku":"9781467151511","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4334b536-bcf6-450e-b75a-356a3b777a31.jpg?v=1767114044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/albuquerques-1950-bomber-crash-9781467151511","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}