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On a brutally cold January afternoon in 1963, nine crew members took off from Westover AFB in Massachusetts in the subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber on what should have been a routine training mission. The aircraft, however, ran into turbulence from gusts buffeting off the mountains of western Maine.
On the slopes of Elephant Mountain, this wide and clear path meanders through the plane wreckage left from the crash of a B-52C Stratofortress that occurred on January 23, 1963, when turbulance caused the vertical stabilizer to fail, sending the plane on its low-level radar mission into the mountain.
On 24 January 1963 a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress with nine crew members on board lost its vertical stabilizer due to buffeting stresses during turbulence at low altitude and crashed on Elephant Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, six miles (9.7 km) from Greenville.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been operational with the United States Air Force since 5 June 1955. This list is of accidents and incidents involving the B-52 resulting in loss of life, severe injuries, or a loss of an aircraft (damaged beyond repair). Incidents in which the aircraft was damaged but repaired are not included.
Tucked into the Highland region on Elephant Mountain, a B-52 crash site Maine honors stands in silent salute to the sacrifices made during the Cold War. A well-marked trail guides hikers to the remote location, where the debris lies scattered and weather-worn across several acres.
On Friday, 24 June 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, United States, [2] after its pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur "Bud" Holland, maneuvered the bomber beyond its operational limits and lost control.
On the southern slope of Elephant Mountain, just 15 minutes from downtown Greenville, lies the wreckage of a United States Air Force Boeing B-52C Stratofortress. The debris covers several acres of the forest and visitors are free to wander through this Cold War Memorial site.
Discover B52 Crash Site in Greenville, Maine: The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.
The B-52 Crash Maine Will Never Forget. The sheer size made it ideal for carrying nuclear-grade bombs while offering in-flight refueling, high speeds, and eight engines to propel it up to 600 mph. Learn more.
Near northern Maine’s Moosehead Lake, you’ll find a quiet mountain trail that wanders through an unusual memorial to American aviators and the Cold War. On a frigid January day in 1963, a B-52 Stratofortress bomber took off from Westover Air Force Base in western Massachusetts and headed north.