May Day Mayday - GCG1NA - 5/2/10

Posted by BlackstoneVal on 5/1/03
This spot is sacred to the memory of five officers of the US Army Air Force who gave their lives for country and humanity.
A formation of three B-24's were flying a training mission for two and one-half hours. After some high altitude maneuvers, they descended from 20,000 to 10,000 feet to make their last position change. One plane's tail section clipped the nose section of another. As the tail sheered off, that plane spiraled to the ground. Two of the seven member crew survived. The other disabled plane escorted by the third made it back to Westover Field for a safe landing.
This cache is now in the middle of a residential development, they left a nice entry right of way to get to the site with a sign explaining the site.

Once in at the site I found a nice stone marker with an explanation of the area and a list of the crew members who lost their lives that day.  Also there is a rock with part of the plane embedded in it.