{"id":1174,"date":"2012-03-02T23:51:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T05:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b-47.com\/?page_id=1174"},"modified":"2015-02-01T09:20:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T15:20:20","slug":"welcome-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/?page_id=1174","title":{"rendered":"Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Memories of a Navigator<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

From: The B-47 Stratojet – Centurion of the Cold War<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0By Col Alexander, USAF (Ret).<\/h5>\n

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B-47 Memorial Re-Dedicated<\/strong><\/p>\n

In February and May 1961, two 40th Bomb Plot. Bomb Wing B-47\u2019s crashed while on runs against the Ironwood bomb plot. The crashes occurred within two miles of each other in the forest, about 14 miles south of Hurley, Wisconsin. Six crew members lost their lives. On 24 February Captain J P Garrett, Lt TM Stalmach, Lt G H Hanify and Lt C. F. Weise were all killed when their aircraft went in. Later, on 2 May, Lt D D. Hariton and Capt D. B. Rasmussen lost their lives while Capts F. Mead and John Hill survived. \u00a0About twenty years ago an individual built a small memorial on the site of the second crash. About two years ago, members of the local NCO Association undertook a project to refurbish the memorial. \u00a0Retired Army Sgt Curt Meyers headed this project and in a short time the group raised over $20,000 for the memorial.<\/p>\n

On 28 June 2014, the site was dedicated with a community wide celebration and the presence of Capt. Rasmussen\u2019s entire family. The citizens of the town of Hurley demonstrated their patriotism and deep appreciation for the sacrifices of Cold War Warriors such as those who flew and maintained the B-47. \u00a0The site was officially designated as a Wisconsin State Memorial and is open to the public at all times. \u00a0For its precise location, contact the Hurley WI Chamber of Commerce. \u00a0Bomb Wing B-47\u2019s crashed while on runs against the Ironwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Memories of a Navigator From: The B-47 Stratojet – Centurion of the Cold War \u00a0By Col Alexander, USAF (Ret).   B-47 Memorial Re-Dedicated In February and May 1961, two 40th Bomb Plot. Bomb Wing B-47\u2019s crashed while on runs against the Ironwood bomb plot. The crashes occurred within two miles of each other in the … Continue reading Memories<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1146,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1174","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3344,"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1174\/revisions\/3344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b-47.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}