Army Bomber 70th Floor Empire State Building
The collision killed smith two others on the plane and 11 people who worked inside the building.
Army bomber 70th floor empire state building. Colonel william smith was piloting a u s. All three aboard the plane. A fog blind b 25 mitchell bomber groping its way southward across manhattan to newark airport crashed into the 79th floor of the 1 250 foot empire state building at 9 52 a m. Army b 25 bomber through new york city when he crashed into the empire state building at 9 45 a m killing 14 people.
The empire state building was enveloped in smoke after it was rammed by a u s. Smith asked for clearance to land but he was advised of zero visibility. Was piloting a b 25 mitchell bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from bedford army air field in massachusetts to newark airport in new jersey. New york up a b 25 bomber crashed and exploded in the 78th floor of the empire state building saturday and the upper part of the tallest building in the world instantly became a blazing.
On the foggy morning of saturday july 28 1945 lt. The bomber crashed into the empire state building the tallest building in the world at the time. Plane crashes into empire state building a united states military plane crashes into the empire state building on july 28 1945 killing 14 people. July 28 1945 a us army b 25 bomber crashes into the empire state building between the 78th and 79th floors.
Army air force b 25 bomber attempting to maneuver over new york city in a heavy fog flew into the side of the empire state building on this date 75 years ago. The plane embedded in the side of the building 1945 on saturday july 28 1945 lieutenant colonel william f. On a foggy morning in 1945 an army pilot collides his bomber into the empire state s 79th floor but miraculously the building remains intact.