B-52 BOMBER CRASH OVER LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY
~ In 1971 ~
~ In 1971 ~
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IN MEMORIUM
99TH BOMBARDMENT WING/SAC
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, MASS.
346/348 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRONS
THE FOLLOWING B-52 CREW MEMBERS GAVE THEIR
LIVES ON A TRAINING MISSION OVER LAKE MICHIGAN
JANUARY 7, 1971
99TH BOMBARDMENT WING/SAC
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE, MASS.
346/348 BOMBARDMENT SQUADRONS
THE FOLLOWING B-52 CREW MEMBERS GAVE THEIR
LIVES ON A TRAINING MISSION OVER LAKE MICHIGAN
JANUARY 7, 1971
LT. COL. WM B. LEMMON
MAJOR GERALD W. BLACK CAPT. JOHN B. WEAVER, JR. 1ST LT. DOUGLAS BACHMAN |
LT. COL. JOHN M. SIMONLY, JR.
MAJOR DONALD F. ROUSSEAU CAPT. JOEL HIRSCH 1ST LT. DENNIS D. FERGUSON |
TECHNICAL SERGEANT JERRY M ACHEY
The B-52 Crash Memorial is located on the Lake Michigan Shore Roadside Park
north of Charlevoix MI on US 31.
At the time of the crash, the Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant was very nearby.
(The nuclear plant has since been dismantled.)
The SAC Air Force Base was in Emmet County, right across the road from Charlevoix County.
The road goes right up the hill next to the gas station-market.
The crash occurred 3 to 5 miles straight north of Big Rock Nuclear Plant in Lake Michigan,
so more in the direction of Charlevoix County, than Emmet County.
north of Charlevoix MI on US 31.
At the time of the crash, the Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant was very nearby.
(The nuclear plant has since been dismantled.)
The SAC Air Force Base was in Emmet County, right across the road from Charlevoix County.
The road goes right up the hill next to the gas station-market.
The crash occurred 3 to 5 miles straight north of Big Rock Nuclear Plant in Lake Michigan,
so more in the direction of Charlevoix County, than Emmet County.
~ SONIC BOOMS ~
PERHAPS A FOREWARNING OF THE ULTIMATE EXPLOSION TO COME
PERHAPS A FOREWARNING OF THE ULTIMATE EXPLOSION TO COME
~ B-52 Bomber Crash ~
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1978 Detroit Free Article Below: The flight pattern for the Bombing Game over Bay Shore did not stop with the
1971 B-52 Bomber Crash over Little Traverse Bay.
~ Bay Shore Radar Site Shut in October 1984 ~
Additional information can be found regarding the Radar Site on the "Bay Shore" web page of
the "Northern Mich~Mash Preserve" web site.
the "Northern Mich~Mash Preserve" web site.