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On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.
On July 28, 1945, residents of New York City were horrified when an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building, leaving 14 dead. Though the events of that day have largely faded from public ...
American Airlines Flight 009 was a flight from New York City to Los Angeles. On the morning of February 23, 1945, while flying over Rural Retreat, Virginia, on the Washington-Nashville leg, the Douglas DC-3 struck the wooded summit of Glade Mountain in the Appalachian Mountains, killing 17 of the 22 occupants on board.
July 28 – B-25 Empire State Building crash. The Empire State Building in New York City is set on fire by a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crashed into the building, killing 14. December 24 – Niles Street Convalescent Hospital fire in Hartford, Connecticut , killed 21.
American Airlines Flight 6001 took off from New York-LaGuardia at 7:23 p.m. EST on January 9, 1945. A crew change occurred in El Paso at 1:46 a.m. CST on the morning of January 10. After departing Phoenix, the flight was cleared to Newhall, California due to unfavorable weather conditions at Burbank. At 3 a.m. PST, the weather report showed a ...
1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash: A B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City during a heavy fog, resulting in fourteen deaths. At a press conference, Japanese Prime Minister KantarÅ Suzuki gave a response to the Potsdam Declaration that elicited confusion. The translation was unclear as to whether he ...
The structural engineers working on the World Trade Center considered the possibility that aircraft could crash into the building. In July 1945, a B-25 bomber that was lost in fog had crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. [25] A year later, a C-45F Expeditor crashed into the 40 Wall Street building.
The 457th Bombardment Group was activated at Geiger Field, Washington on 1 July 1943 with the 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment Squadrons assigned. [2] [3] It moved a week later to Rapid City Army Air Base, South Dakota, where it began training with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and completed the first two phases of its training there.