European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Fag a the stars and stripes wednesday april 10, 1963 and Foo s sidewinder homed in on helpless b52 look out one of my missiles has fired Pilot cried Pyrki Shaver Jue . Up one of the woral b lz7ttrds in his tory whipped it. Taylor in West Ernnt to Melro on april 7, 1%1, but High ahnvt1 n bks Jet Bomher we clearly silhouetted against the Blue sky is two Jet fighter in Gjon n Agni Junti i eight men aboard the $8 million strategic air come Sao bomber Mai Ionell at bikes air Force Hsc in i paso tex., had been through the Burnt procedure a Good tout by times before. So Hud 1st it James inn of a new Mexico air not Lonny guard f100a, is he lined up for his sixth pass at the massive bomber. It was shortly before noon two years ago n Date now Murk Hins one or the greatest peacetime tragedies in the history of the air Force. A sidewinder missile accidentally fired from the Wing of the Floo tronked str Light at the 052 and blasted n Wing off. The Bombe plummeted into it. Taylor below spinning crazily. Van Scyoc. N Veteran Pilot was safely officer for the 188th fighter interceptor so of the air National guard strut lond at Kirtland a bin Albuquerque. A he always Aid before Sucht r b i n 1 n r Mission he twice ran through safety checks to make sure the sidewinders were secure. Yet the red warning Light flashed on i instrument pane. He immediately realized Lometa lip had gone wrong and shouted into the radio n2 and Western heritage Center Here. 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Invest it nor discovered buildup of it o i Al u r e had Short circuited wiring inside the Wing of the fun. Firing the missile. There in nothing the stunned a Scyoc or anyone else could do. He wis Primm a to Captain less than a v or after an investigation showed him Holtum less. Air Force in said privately the not id new a one in a As a result such routine training j missions were halted for More j than two month until the trouble could he plan tinted. The wiring system in he Floo underwent Bertaln modification to assure that such an Accident could t happen again the Ai defense come in Colorado Spring said. In addition electrical it terns of All fifth try intercept enwere Rev Lowed and checked to it move any to Tohl malfunction. Sac said there were no change in training concepts due to the Accident. Presumably that Means that such training my talons armed ctn milk inn training paste at bombers urn continuing. The Accident in addition to it other Biz Farrr aspect brought out a tale of heroism still talked about five men Erp saved in a storm at times so severe that rescuer held 1fttit Hope for survivors from the first moment a nit Cork d. Jackson 27 Cap Donald a Bod get 39 and sgt Raymond ii. Singleton 37, were found the first any. They were not seriously Jurt. But Friday night As darkness nettle Riih Mivinda still blowing at 50 Miles in hour urn Snow falling two men u i missing planes and ground nil Day saturday a the storm continued. Saturday night thi re was Only despair. Storm cleared the storm cleared sunday morn ing. And Early that Day word we flashed Hack that the two lost me had Boon found alive capt Ray c. Obel. The Copilot was found wrapped in his Para Chute Cal Ltd to the Bone. He had a fractured Ert Bra cuts Burn and Cactus spines covering his body. He ust a n Small Mirror to catch the attention of a circling c47, and my tues later a helicopter took him to in Fly. Subt Manuel Lleras 28, thl Crew chief was spotted by a Huttt copter is he hobbled across a Mesa using a Ili Iid tree for a Crutch to support his shattered foot. Mcleran. Who later lout hit fool by amputation had spent the us playing solitaire with a pack of cards to carried. But the Story still in t of two years later. A $1.273.000 lawsuit has Bee filed in Houston charging that nine companies involved should Uve known thut the missile a an imminently dangerous. Instrumentality and Hud the potential of great destructive the suit was filed by the widow of one of three men killed in the i b52 crash and six others directly involved n the tragedy. The three men unable to Ballout at the u52 win copt Stephen c. Curler 29. The Bombardier Navi Gator j. R j. Gone la 3ftthy navigator and it Glenn a by air w. A War Ara Offu or. Lion about a d Pun Alley a Dah City Utah -p"0ij. In Cedar City want to Chantze the name of the Street where their new Hospital is being built. 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