WW II Mid-Air Collision

WW II Mid-Air Collision is a Tennessee historical marker in Dyer County.

North of the intersection of State Hwy 20 (Hwy 211 & Bekaert Road)

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While flying a training mission on January 24, 1945, two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from Dyersburg Army Airfield, located at Halls, Tennessee, collied in mid-air killing 16 airmen. One plane crashed southeast of this location near the Illinois Central Railroad track, killing all ten onboard. The second bomber continued northeast two miles further where four men managed to parachute to safety. However, the remaining crewmen were killed when it ultimately fell from the sky. This would be the last fatal crash flown from the base.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map XVIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Sectional paved road map (Continues) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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WW II Mid-Air Collision

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