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  • 'Tybee bomb' quest; Military to study site Statesboro duo believes bomb rests

    09/20/2004 5:55:10 AM PDT · by Ed Straker · 15 replies · 1,018+ views
    Statesboro Herald ^ | September 19, 2004 | LOGAN THOMAS
    'Tybee bomb' quest Military to study site Statesboro duo believes bomb rests By LOGAN THOMAS lthomas@statesboroherald.net On a clear and frigid February night lit by a full moon in 1958, the air space above the border of Screven and Bulloch counties was the site of a midair collision. An Air Force B-47 carrying a Mk-15 nuclear bomb collided with a F-86 just after midnight. The fighter pilot ejected and his plane plummeted 35,000 feet to crash in a Bulloch County farmer's field. Howard Richardson, the pilot of the damaged bomber, turned the aircraft back toward Savannah for a landing attempt....