[Travis McGee]

Aren't a couple of them still unaccounted for to this day? I seem to remember that there might still be one we never recovered off of Spain, and maybe another off of Virginia. My brain cells from those days are pretty well beaten to a pulp.

[U S Army EOD]

They got the one in Spain. There is a pit missing in Florance, SC when a B47 dropped one right through the bomb bay doors. They had some type of electrical malfunction and the bombidere went back to check it. The plane hit an air pocket and he grabed something to steady himself. Unfortunately it was the manual bomb release.

There is another off Savannah, GA that was dropped in the 40's on purpose because the aircraft was having engine problems so the pilot elected to drop the bomb safe.

And there are many on the ocean floor inside of several Russian submarines who are still trying for the longest surmerged record.

[wattsup]

As a retired USAF 46390 (nuclear weapons specialist) I have taken apart hundreds of W62 warheads. To those in the know I was involved with the W62 to W78 conversion. Using tape on the HE (high explosives) is not a big deal. Unless there is more to the story the biggest enemy to a technician is when you have an open circuit with static electricity present. I've held the pits and the HE in my hands without blinking an eye. The safeguards are that good. What these technicians did is not something to lose sleep over. As far as weapons being lost to aircraft accidents, there are weapons in a swamp in the Carolinas.

[null and void]

I seem to remember that there might still be one we never recovered off of Spain, and maybe another off of Virginia.

Mouth of the Savanna River...