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  2. 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash - Wikipedia

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    The plane embedded in the side of the building. At 9:40 a.m., the aircraft crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building, between the 78th and 80th floors, making an 18-by-20-foot (5.5 m × 6.1 m) hole in the building [9] into the offices of the War Relief Services and the National Catholic Welfare Council.

  3. North American B-25 Mitchell - Wikipedia

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    At 9:40 on 28 July 1945, a USAAF B-25D crashed in thick fog into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors. Fourteen people died — 11 in the building and the three occupants of the aircraft, including the pilot, Colonel William F. Smith. [49]

  4. Today in history, 1945: A B-25 bomber crashes into the Empire ...

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    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 ...

  5. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    In an accident similar to the B-25 Mitchell hitting the Empire State Building in 1945, USAAF Beech C-45F Expeditor 44-47570 of the 4108th AAF Base Unit, Air Materiel Command, [257] on a navigation-training flight from Lake Charles Army Air Field in Louisiana, [258] crashed in fog at about 20:10 into the 58th floor of the Bank of Manhattan Trust ...

  6. Empire State Building - Wikipedia

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    The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] ... Wreckage from the 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash. ... 1946, another airplane narrowly missed striking the ...

  7. List of building or structure fires - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of fires in high-rise buildings - Wikipedia

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    Empire State Building: 381 m [6] New York City: July 28, 1945 14 Plane crash: 40 Wall Street: 283 m [7] New York City May 20, 1946 5 Plane crash: La Salle Hotel: Chicago June 5, 1946 61 Electrical fire likely Winecoff Hotel: 59 m [8] Atlanta: December 7, 1946 119 Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history Ronan Point: 64 m [9] London

  9. Evelyn McHale - Wikipedia

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    Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) [1] was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. Robert Wiles, a photography student, took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car.