BHA flight 1808 / Samantha Smith crash site 1985 (Auburn, Maine)
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August 25, 1985, 8 fatalities, including world famous "America's Youngest Ambassador": the ten-year old who visited the USSR by invitation of President Andropov after she wrote a letter to him asking him if he really wanted to engage in nuclear war with the United States. (See Samantha Smith Wikipedia article below which includes more links.)
Fuselage resting place coordinates: 44°2'2"N 70°17'28"W (Decimal 44.0340 -70.2912 )
Narrative of flight 1808 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Harbor_Airlines_Flight_1808
FAA crash report aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850825-0
Fuselage resting place coordinates: 44°2'2"N 70°17'28"W (Decimal 44.0340 -70.2912 )
Narrative of flight 1808 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Harbor_Airlines_Flight_1808
FAA crash report aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850825-0
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Smith
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Coordinates: 44°2'2"N 70°17'27"W
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