69 years ago today – January 31, 1956 – a B-25 bomber ditched into the icy Mon River near Homestead.

[RaleighPittFan]

 

[Usuallyunusual-partdeux]

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I love history. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Harlo4PITT]

How have I avoided this story all my life, pretty darn interesting. Now I'm intrigued.

 

[wbrpanther]

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Heard this story many times. Still fascinating.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

A few years ago, didn't someone bring in some high tech equipment in an effort to locate the plane?

They, of course, failed.

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

I'm sorry, but finding a 30,000 pound object beneath 18 feet (!) of water is a bit too much to ask. But we walked on the moon 13 years later. Mmhmm.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I'm sorry, but finding a 30,000 pound object beneath 18 feet (!) of water is a bit too much to ask. But we walked on the moon 13 years later. Mmhmm.

I always found that story a bit fishy!

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[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

I always found that story a bit fishy!

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Pun alert!

No idea what might have been in it, but I'd be shocked if that thing lasted more than a week or two in the Mon.

 

[HailtoPitt]

Wasn't there a rumor that the plane was removed by the military shorty after the accident? That would account for never finding it, which is strange.

 

[pittchagg]

Timely!

 

[mike 301]

Wasn't there a rumor that the plane was removed by the military shorty after the accident? That would account for never finding it, which is strange.

That's what I was going to post . They came in and went with a "Hands Off" approach ..
Curious story .. To say the least .

 

[Pitt1975]

How do remove a B25 bomber overnight?
My dad worked in USS Duquesne. Told me about it when I was young.

 

[upj87]

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Had that damn iron ore ship put 15 more miles behind her and made Whitefish Bay Gordon Lightfoot may have been signing about this instead...