128th Fighter Bomber Air National Gaurd, Suwanee GA
Posted by: selector23
N 34° 00.370 W 084° 03.664
16S E 771429 N 3766735
Crash that resulted in redesign of Altimeters...
Waymark Code: WM7B7
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2006
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December 6, 1953 four F- 84D of the 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron of the Ga Air national Gaurd crashed at this site while on a training mission due to probl;ems with weather and altimeter readings. One home was destroyed in the crash, but no one was at the home at the time. After this crash the military redesigned altimeters to make them easier to read.
See pic for details of men lost in this crash.