B52 Bomber Crash Site Memorial (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota)

USA / Minnesota / Inver Grove Heights / Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
 memorial, military, memorial plaque
Memorial for B-52 that crashed here September 16, 1958.
Streaking fire as it plummeted groundward Tuesday night, the B52 jet tore a hole 300 feet long by 15 feet deep in the August Kahl farmyard. The plane exploded as it hit, setting fire to the farm buildings. Of the eight men aboard, only the co-pilot survived by parachuting.

www3.gendisasters.com/minnesota/11666/st-paul-mn-bomber...
www.mdva.state.mn.us/memorials/monuments.htm
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3657351
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
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Coordinates:   44°49'17"N   93°3'2"W

Comments

  • I was 19 yrs old sitting on my Harley at a dance in Richfield when all of a sudden the eastern sky litup like the sun was rising ..
  • I was 12 years old. My friends and I were outside playing when the sky lit up like day. I truly thought it was the end of the world!
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