Wright Peak crash site - Adirondack State Park, NY - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

Plaque reads:
"In memory of
Aircraft commander
1st Lt Rodney D Bloomgren
Copilot
1st Lt Melvin Spencer
Navigator
1st Lt Albert W. Kandetski
Observer
AFC Kenneth R Jensen

A Strategic Air Command
B-47 crew killed here 16 January 1962
While on a mission preserving
The peace of our nation"

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And a recent article: (visit link)

Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 01/16/1962 Aircraft Model: B-47E Military or Civilian: Military Cause of Crash: Exact cause is unknown. Plane was part of the 380th Bombardment Wing out of Plattsburgh Air Force Base. They were on a training mission to practice low-altitude bombing runs over Watertown (Ft Drum). last radio transmission was at 2 AM and were expected back at 7 AM, but they were never heard from again. Park rangers identified the crash from wreckage visible on the summit, and from partially opened parachutes. The first searchers up Wright Peak found the snow all across the summit soaked in JP4 jet fuel. Conjecture is that the plane just clipped a rocky outcrop southwest of the summit (where the plaque was placed) and momentum carried much of the disintegrating plane over the summit and into the col between Wright Peak and Algonquin Peak. One account claims that although three of the parachutes were open when the bodies were found, they had not been deployed so much as ripped open. Tail Number: Not listed

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