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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:43 pm 
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Jan. 27, 1943 the 8th AF bombed Wilhelmshaven in the first all American air raid against Germany.
Jan. 27, 1967 Astronauts Grissom White, and Chaffey died in an oxygen atmosphere fire aboard APOLLO 1 during a dress rehearsal for their upcoming flight.

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Jan. 27, 1943 the 8th AF bombed Wilhelmshaven in the first all American air raid against Germany.
Jan. 27, 1967 Astronauts Grissom White, and Chaffey died in an oxygen atmosphere fire aboard APOLLO 1 during a dress rehearsal for their upcoming flight.

I remember the fire distinctly. It happened during a 23" blizzard in metro Chicago when I was 14.

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Didn't the techs pump it up to full "in space" pressure with pure O2, adding that on top of the 14PSI already as it sat on the ground?
Glue and velcro all over was what Mr. Borman told me but I told him this that one of my chief pilots said one time and he clammed up.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:02 pm 
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That and when the investigators took the capsule apart, they found enough junk, trash, FOD, and lack of concern over cleanliness that McDonnell was deep fried by NASA and every other then assembled APOLLO was stripped and it was discovered that they were all flying garbage cans.
The Russians lost a COSMONAUT in the early 60's to a fire in a capsule also using a monogas 100% 02 environment and they told the entire space community, but NASA gave it a Brief glance as they tossed the report into the trash, HO-HUM

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:25 pm 
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"The Russians lost a COSMONAUT in the early 60's to a fire in a capsule also using a monogas 100% 02 environment and they told the entire space community, but NASA gave it a Brief glance as they tossed the report into the trash, HO-HUM"

I find that hard to believe, I pretty sure the Russians didn’t tell a soul.

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> McDonnell was deep fried by NASA

NAA built the Apollo CM....?

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YEP! mea culpa McD did the Mercury and I think GEMINI's.

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I thought of this today too. The last week of January and first week of February have been deadly for NASA.

January 27, 1967- Apollo 1 fire

Janaury 28, 1986- Challenger diaster

February 1, 2003- Columbia diaster (also on this day I get the phone call that my guard unit had been activated- I deployed to Middle East 17 days later)



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According to Wikipedia, the Soviet Union didn't tell of the oxygen rich fire of March 23 1961 that killed cosmonaut Bondarenko untill Jan 28 1986. NASA was unaware of the Soviet fire.


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Don't forget the Jan 27, 1945 raid on Tokyo with B-29s from the 73rd Bomb Wing. Hap Halloran and my granduncle were both shot down on that day.

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