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GiantCrashes, BurnsAtCrew Saved By Drifting SnowLIMESTONE W) — Swelling, drifting snow downed a giant ‘global bomber” but ^ paradoxically saved its crew last night in the first crash of a 10-engine B36 at Loring Air Force Base.The 4Vz million dollar aircraft crashed on a landing run and burned with spectacular fury,, but officials said all 11 crewmen “walked” away from the wreck. Five suffered burns.Col. Jackson W. Lewis, Loring AFB commandant, said the super bomber cracked up on a snow-choked runway when a northeast snow storm interfered with its set-down approach.Lewis said snowdrifts cushioned the crash impact and delayed spread of fires until .all hands scrambled to safety. • The plane was returning from a routine training fljght.The plane’s plunge sent upflames visible through the storm to townsfolk at Limestone, ,a community adjoining the New Brunswick border base for B36planes capable of taking an atombomb 10,000 miles.No New Englanders were listed aboard the plane.Guided Missiles To Be InstalledBOSTON m — “NIKE” — theguided missile that dart, up to1.000 miles to find and fragmentize enemy planes—wili be installed at five northern Maine sites to protect Loring Air Force Base at Limestone from skyraiders.Army Engineers said the $1,-300.000 construction job wili start in July.One NIKE launching range will be close to the big superbomber base. itself. Others willbe in CasweU Plantation, Connor, and Caribou,
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Biddeford Journal

Biddeford, Maine, US

Mon, Mar 07, 1955

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