Incredible Footage of B17 Bomber Destroyed by Nike Missle (1954) | British Pathé

The Nike missile is prepared for launch and then takes off for a B17 bomber. The super rocket’s atomic warhead connects with the bomber and the plane goes crashing down.
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Nike Rocket Destroys B17 Bomber (super dramatic music!). Worth watching until the end as a super missile hits a B17 bomber and the music goes in to over drive! Filmed in 1954. Thanks to those people who have spotted that this is a B17 even though the notes say B29.
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