Lt. Caroll W Kalberg

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MORE ON THE 27 JULY CRASH. 27 JULY 1956 LAKENHEATH RAF AIR BASE On Friday afternoon, Crew R-38 was involved in an aircraft accident in which all crewmembers were fatally injured. On board were the following officers and A&E technician: A/C Commander, Captain Russell R Bowling: Co-Pilot, 2/Lt. Carroll W. Kalberg; Observer, 1/Lt. Michael J. Selmo; A&E Technician, T/Sgt. John Ulrich. Even more information on this crash from: http://www.keconnect.co.uk/~defcon/news.htm On 27 July 1956 at 1439hrs A B47no 53-4230 Stratojet from Lincoln AFB Nebraska lost control and slid off the runway at Lakenheath straight into the Nuclear weapon store, containing three Mk 6 atomic weapons . Its fuel tanks exploded, killing the crew and ensuing fire enveloped a storage igloo containing several weapons Details of this incident were not released until 1979. Piloted by a Capt Russell R Bowling. co-pilot 2/Lt Carroll W Kalberg: Observer 1/Lt Michael J Selmo TSGT John Ulrich a Copyright Jeff King 37 A&E Technician. Total loss of plane 2.07m dollars Igloo Building destroyed no 162 cost 1.0 million dollars. Capt. Bowling spent 11 months in the EuropeanTheater and flew 46 combat missions in B-26’s during WWII earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with seven clusters, and the Purple Heart and a good conduct medal. He was a 1940 graduate of Hearne, TX high school, and was a city fireman before joining the USAAF. He was also a Master Mason. Capt. Bowling, 34 years old, left a wife Mary, and their children, Robert L, 8, Rebecca Jean, 5. They lived at 2820 So. 42nd Street. His hometown was Gause, TX. Lt. Kalberg was 26 was from Cokato, MN and lived at the bachelor Officers Quarters on the base. His father, Oscar of Cokato, MN was his closest living relative at the time of his death. He received the Good Conduct ribbon as well as the European Occupation National Defense ribbon. Lt. Selmo was 25 and his wife’s name was Caryl Ann. He was from St. Petersburg, FL. His parents were Mr. And Mrs. Michael Selmo of St. Petersburg. Sgt. Ulrich, 31, wife’s name Selma and child’s name was Charles, who was 6, lived at 1130 Judson. He was from Baltimore, MD, where his parents still lived at the time of his death. They were Mr. And Mrs. Francis V. Ulrich. Sgt. Ulrich was the crew chief of the B-47. Sgt. Ulrich served 20 months in the European theater during WWII as a radar mechanic and during the Korean War he spent 13 months on Okinawa as a radar inspector. He received the Good Conduct ribbon.