The Bombing of Boise City, Oklahoma
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YoSam.
N 36° 43.789 W 102° 30.751
13S E 722127 N 4067785
The only city in the continental US to be bombed during WWII was bombed by America ~ One of the bombs is still in the ground, as a sort of memorial
Waymark Code: WMNCHE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2015
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County of site: Cimarron County
Location of memorial: S. Cimarron St. (us-64/385/412) & E. Main St. (US-56/64/287/OK-3)
Cimarron Circle-County Courthouse,
Boise City
Roadtrippers view of the event
"Located in the Oklahoma panhandle, Boise City is the only town in the United States that was bombed from airplanes during World War II. Visit the Boise City Bomb Memorial to view a replica of one of the six bombs mistakenly dropped on the city during testing on July 6, 1943. The bomb was dropped by pilots in a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber when they mistakenly took lights around the town's square to be their target. Luckily, only practice bombs were used and the town square was deserted when the bomb was dropped just after midnight, though many buildings were damaged or destroyed. The Boise City Bomb Memorial is located just in front of the Red Chamber Caboose." ~ NewsOK
Many newspapers of course, ran stories, still do. This from Fox News: "Boise City (rhymes with voice) is located in the westernmost county in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Like several of the county seats in the western part of the state, Boise City's Main Street features a courthouse square. A roundabout helps drivers maneuver around the Cimarron County courthouse since the city — and entire county — has no stoplight. At one edge of the roundabout sits a plaque and replica bomb representing one of the oddest events in the city's history: During World War II the city was bombed by accident in the middle of the night by a U.S. crew. No one was killed in the July 5, 1943, incident, but the community still notes the event" ~ FoxNews