on oct 24th 1958 a royal airforce vulcan [[v bomber) crashed in ravendale/east side,ashland? area of detroit near the lake shore,across from peche island.
the vulcan was enroute from lincoln,england to lincoln,nebraska,when it suffered a complete electrical system failure.1 pilot ejected.his seat functioned as per,but he parachuted into lake michigan and drowned,he didnt wear a life jacket and he couldnt swim.the rest of the remaining 5 crewmen were still in the bomber when it hit ravendale.and were killed in impact.took out 5 houses,nobody on the ground was seriously hurt.
any of you old enough or your parents/grandparents remember this happening?
many thanks in advance
http://wikimapia.org/6447594/Crash-S...4-October-1958
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