On 24 April 1959, Captain John S. Lappo, operating from Lockbourne AFB flew a B-47 with two crewmen on board under the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan. Following a general court-martial, he was grounded for life. – Wikipedia article on B-47.
Lappo had a new navigator for the lake
flight, an officer not yet integrated
into the crew. After the flight, asked if any crew member objected, Lappo said,
"Yeah,
the navigator recommended against it. Of course, I had no idea at the time that
he was the general’s son and that he was going to go rat on me once we got back
to Lockbourne."
http://www.north-lights.com/Bridge/pilot.html
Lappo retired in 1972.
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