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
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