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United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29 Superfortress
United States Air Force - Boeing WB-29-90-BW Superfortress (msn12547), force landed at Moses Point Airport, Elim, Alaska due to two in-flight engine failures. Of note is the particle scoop on top of the fuselage, at the rear upper turret position, used to detect radioactive fall-out from nuclear weapon tests in the Soviet Union.Assigned to 2nd Bomb Group, 375th Reconnaissance Squadron (Very Long Range, Weather), which was redesignated 58th Strategic Weather Squadron, 2107th Air Weather Group at Eielson Air Force Base, AK. Date: 1952
Media ID 21131781
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1952 375th 58th Airport Alaska Assigned Boeing Bomb Detect Fuselage In Flight Landed Moses Note Nuclear Point Position Radioactive Range Rear Reconnaissance Redesignated Scoop Soviet Squadron Strategic Superfortress Tests Turret Weapon
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