On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.

Jul 27, 2023 · On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber flew into the Empire State Building resulting in the deaths of 14 people, including 11 office workers and three crew members. Take a look back at...

Nov 13, 2009 · A United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945, killing 14 people. The freak accident was caused by heavy fog.

Shortly before 10 AM, the low roaring sound of a large plane growled through the foggy skies. People on the street looked up and were startled to see a twin-engine B-25D Mitchell bomber, flying just a few hundred feet above them between tall …

Oct 18, 2019 · The city was going about its business shortly before 10 a.m., when a US Army bomber plane carrying a pilot and two other men from Bedford, Massachusetts to LaGuardia Airport made a wrong turn and slammed into the north side of the Empire State Building about 935 feet above the street.

Jan 4, 2025 · On the foggy morning of July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber collided with the Empire State Building in one of the most shocking aviation accidents in U.S. history. Piloted by Lt. Col. William F. Smith Jr., the B-25 was en route from Massachusetts to Newark Airport. Ignoring warnings of low visibility from LaGuardia’s tower, Smith pressed on.

Nov 2, 2023 · Long before terrorists crashed aircraft into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were horrified when, on July 28th, 1945, a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the Empire State Building.

Oct 24, 2022 · On Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber traveling at 200 miles per hour (330 km/h) out of Massachusetts headed for Newark Airport got lost in dense fog and flew into floors 78 and 79 of New York City’s Empire State Building, the …

On July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber hit the Empire State building and exploded. The crash killed three people in the plane and 11 people who worked inside the building.

The B-25 Empire State Building crash was a plane crash that occurred on July 28, 1945. On that date, a B-25 Mitchell plane in heavy fog crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City . It caused 14 deaths (three people in the plane and eleven people in the building).