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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.
- July 28, 1945 (78 years ago)
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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. The B-25 Mitchell bomber, with two...
Nov 2, 2023 · Photo: BlueBarronPhoto | Shutterstock. 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.
A “Sheet of Flames”. The B-25 slammed into the north side of the 102-story building at the 79th floor level, some 913 feet above 34th Street, at an estimated 200 miles an hour. The impact tore an 18 by 20-foot hole in the outer wall. The left wing was sheared off and sailed down into Madison Avenue, a block away.
