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B-36 Links

Meet B-36 Veterans at the B-36 Era and Cold War Forum:

Meyers Jacobsen, author of several books about the B-36, has created the B-36 Hangar, a web site devoted to the type. You will see several familiar pictures displayed there.

7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association 7th Bomb Wing B-36 Association

Art Prints by Raymond Paul MoatsArt prints of paintings by Raymond Paul Moats are available at Artflight. He has painted an attractive study of an RB-36E.

Don PyeattLink to Don Pyeatt's B-36 Page hosts a site that describes the "Big Stick" of the Cold War.

Don Pyeatt's B-36 links Don Pyeatt has also created a page of links to B-36 related web sites.

B-36 and Cold War discussion forum at Delphi.com There is a B-36 and Cold War discussion forum at Delphi.com

John's Peacemaker Page Link to John's Peacemaker Page created by John Henderson has pictures of the Fort Worth B-36J restoration.

Link to John Zimmerman's 492nd Bomb Squadron Page John (Zimmy) Zimmerman was a B-36 crewman with the 492 Bomb Squadron [H]. His web site has some photographs from his time in the Air Force.

Link to the Center for Land Use Interpretation The Center for Land Use Interpretation has recently placed a marker at the site where a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb landed after falling from a B-36 over New Mexico.


Books about B-36 Peacemakers available from

Dennis Jenkins' Magnesium Overcast Dennis Jenkins has produced another large B-36 book: Magnesium Overcast.

Meyers Jacobsen's Convair B-36 Peacemaker: A Photo Chronicle Meyers Jacobsen has authored another book about the Convair B-36 Peacemaker: A Photo Chronicle.

Convair B-36 Convair B-36 : A Comprehensive History of America's 'Big Stick by Meyers K. Jacobsen. Mr. Jacobsen has been compiling this history for at least a quarter of a century.

Warbird Tech: Convair B-36 Peacemaker Warbird Tech: Convair B-36 Peacemaker . This volume by Dennis Jenkins contains a surprising amount of information that did not get into "The Big Stick".

Dueling CD-ROMs

B-36: Saving the Last Peacemaker The history of the efforts to preserve B-36J, 52-22827 at Fort Worth is well documented in "B-36: Saving the Last Peacemaker"; Second Edition, an html book on CD. This CD-ROM is viewed with your internet browser.

B-36: Moving the Last Peacemaker B-36: Moving the Last Peacemaker. These 875 photos show photographically the effort expended by all of the volunteers over a nine year period to save the aircraft. This CD-ROM is a self contained slide show that does not require a browser to view.


Main B-36 Page Go to the main Convair B-36 page.

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Edited December 10, 1999