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  • Lost Nuclear Bomb Becomes Legend in Ga.

    10/03/2004 11:37:15 AM PDT · by Happy2BMe · 14 replies · 1,052+ views
    TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. Oct. 3, 2004 — Below the deck of his shrimp boat, W.G. Smith recounts the story of his big catch more than 40 years ago. It was 1959 or 1960, as best Smith remembers, as he trawled for shrimp off the coast of Georgia. His net snagged on something large, an object so heavy he had to get a diving buddy to shake the net loose."He dived down and when he came up he said, 'That's a bomb,'" recalled Smith, 72. "I really didn't think much of it. I thought he was cutting the fool or something."Smith's...
  • '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....