Bomber Crash on Hawks Mountain

At 12:17 a.m. on June 15, 1947, a U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers strayed off course and crashed on nearby Hawks Mountain during a severe storm. All twelve crewmembers perished. Assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group, the crew was on a Strategic Air Command training mission from Tucson, Arizona to Bedford, Massachusetts. Crew of B-29A #44-62228 Crashed Perkinsville, Vermont 15 June 1947 1st Lt Robert G Fessler Madison, WI Pilot 2nd Lt Wilfred E Gassett Brockton, MA Copilot 2nd Lt Cesare P Fontana West Springfield, MA Navigator S/Sgt Oliver W Hartwell Jr. Wells, ME Engineer S/Sgt Sylvester S Michalac Summithill, PA Radar Operator T/Sgt Clayton K Knight Knoxville, TN Radio Operator T/Sgt Paul H Fetterhoff Shreveport, LA Central Fire Controller Cpl Robert H Clark Jamaica Plain, MA Gunner S/Sgt John J OToole Queens Village, NY Gunner M/Sgt D D Jack The Dalles, OR Gunner Cpl Harry Humphrey Albuquerque, NM Gunner Pfc Robert M Stewart Wisconsin Rapids, WI Passenger