The Largest American Bomber Ever Built: The Crusader

'Planes That Never Flew', Season 1, Episode 2: Before the space race, there was the race for the Atomic Skies. In this episode of Wonder, go behind the scenes of the "forgotten child" of nuclear power: the WS-125 nuclear-powered bomber. Witness the massive Convair NB-36 "Crusader" as it flies with a live reactor in its bomb bay, accompanied by a parachute brigade of Marines.

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