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The Lost 52 Project is a private organization founded by Tim Taylor to do research on the 52 U.S. Navy submarines lost on patrol during the Second World War, performing discovery, exploration, and underwater archeology where possible. [1] [2] Found, so far: [3] [4] [5]
Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II, all but one, Dorado (SS-248), were lost in the Pacific theater of operations. [5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee ...
The aircraft lost control during an instrument approach when power was lost on the number 5 and 6 engines. The captain decided to return for a safe landing. While descending through an altitude of 2,000 feet (610 m) two of the crew members ejected forcing the aircraft to become unstable and out of control, crashing few miles from the airbase ...
The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, on 24 January 1961. A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3.8- megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process.
With the loss of the vertical stabilizer, the aircraft had lost its directional stability and rolled uncontrollably. Originally, the B-52 was designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at high altitude around 35,000 feet (11 km) and high speed around 450 knots (830 km/h; 520 mph) to drop nuclear weapons.
Accident; Date: 21 January 1968: Summary: In-flight fire leading to crew ejecting: Site: 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Thule Air Base (formerly Pituffik), Greenland 1]: Aircraft; Aircraft type: B-52G Stratofortress: Operator: 380th Strategic Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force: Registration: 58-0188: Flight origin: Plattsburgh Air Force Base: Stopover: Baffin Bay (holding ...
The keel of I-52 was laid on 18 March 1942, and she was commissioned on 28 December 1943 into the 11th Submarine Squadron, Kure Naval District, with Commander Kameo Uno as the commanding officer. In January 1944, Admiral Mineichi Koga , the commander of the Combined Fleet , selected I-52 for a special mission to Germany.
It was listed as the best episode of Lost by IGN, [5] Los Angeles Times, [29] and ABC2, [30] and was also featured in similar lists by TV Guide, [31] and National Post. [32] In Entertainment Weekly, Alejandro Garay wrote, "One of my favorite episodes of 2008 was Lost’s 'The Constant.' It was a beautiful episode that made us fans fall in love ...