1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash

US B-52 accident involving nuclear weapons
Event aviation_accident Q4055786
1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash
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1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash

Summary

1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,292 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash is located in Wayne County[3].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash is in the country of United States[4].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[5].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's instance of is recorded as Broken Arrow[6].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's item operated is recorded as Boeing B-52G Stratofortress[7].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash is operated by United States Air Force[8].
  • The location of 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash was Wayne County[9].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's Commons category is recorded as 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash[10].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash occurred on January 24, 1961[11].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.493611111111115, 'lon': -77.85833333333333}[12].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's cause of destruction is recorded as disintegration[13].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash resulted in {'amount': '+3'} deaths[14].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's start point is recorded as Seymour Johnson Air Force Base[15].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's destination point is recorded as Seymour Johnson Air Force Base[16].
  • 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[17].

Body

When and Where

1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash occurred on January 24, 1961[11]. The location of it was Wayne County[9]. It is in the country of United States[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include aviation accident[5] and Broken Arrow[6].

Outcome and Impact

1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash resulted in {'amount': '+3'} deaths[14].

Why It Matters

1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash ranks in the top 5% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,292 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Item operated Boeing B-52G Stratofortress
    P14541 1cGSnE
    Point in time +1961-01-24T00:00:00Z
    Instance of aviation accident, Broken Arrow
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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