Today in history: On July 28, 1945, A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, the world’s tallest structure at the time, killing 14 people.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Tuesday marked the 70th anniversary of a horrific incident, in which a small military plane crashed into the Empire State Building and left 19 people dead. On the morning of Saturday, July 28, 1945, the Army Air Corps pilot crashed his Mitchell B-25 bomber into ...
At 9:40 am on Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building, between the 79th and 80th floors, where the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council...
The tragic plane crash into the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945 caused 14 deaths. Injured elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver managed to survive a terrible plunge of 75 stories when the elevator she was been transported in plummeted. Betty Lou Oliver on crutches, being consoled by her ...
Another aspect that we must take into account was the poor state of the Japanese Army in 1945. By this point, it was so battered and depleted, that undertaking an airborne operation was an impossible task. In the end, the Ku-6 would be terminated and the fate of the single prototype ...