My brush with history: How a two-dollar watch saved the world
A Cold War-era USAF bomber pilot recalls how he nearly started World War III while flying the last B-47 ever built by Boeing. A malfunction left the B-47 flying blind towards the USSR with a Soviet interceptor on its tail. To save their skins and avert what seemed like certain war, the crew radioed...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | American heritage 1993-12, Vol.44 (8), p.30 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A Cold War-era USAF bomber pilot recalls how he nearly started World War III while flying the last B-47 ever built by Boeing. A malfunction left the B-47 flying blind towards the USSR with a Soviet interceptor on its tail. To save their skins and avert what seemed like certain war, the crew radioed the Russian pilot and promised him one crewmember's Timex watch if they could go home. They mailed the watch to the pilot upon returning. |
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| ISSN: | 0002-8738 2161-8496 |