Cold War Veterans Memorial

On this spot on September 16, 1958, a U.S. Air force B-52D bomber crashed while on a Cold War training mission originating from Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine. Seven crewmen gave their lives for their country. They were:

Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO

Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ

Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA

1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK

T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL

Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY

Captain Benard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA

This marker has been erected in honor of the lost crewmen. Though from homes far away, and now long gone from this earth, they have not been forgotten by the citizens of Inver Grove Heights, the State of Minnesota, or the Country they so proudly served.

Supporting the Memorial:

The Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame, Chaska

Planes of Fame East, Inc. Eden Prairie

Twin City Aero Historians, Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minnesota Air National Guard Historical Foundation, International Airport

American Wings Air Museum, Anoka County Airport

The Confederate Air Force, Southern Minnesota Wing, So. St. Paul

Air Force Association, E.W. Rawlings Chapter, St. Paul

Captain Jack D. Craft Purvis, Miss. injured and survived.

Members of August Kahl's Family were injured by the crash.

Marker is on Broderick Boulevard north of Brooks Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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