Tanker 61 Memorial - Klamath Falls, OR - Disaster Memorials on Waymarking.com

Located next at Kingsley Field Air Base and in the parking lot of the Klamath Falls Interagency Fire Center is an observation tower that memorializes Tanker 61, a firefighting plane that crashed during a fire retardant drop on the Cleveland fire in the Eldorado National Forest, killing its two pilots, Chuck Sheridan and Leonard Martin, on October 1, 1992. There is a plaque located outside next to the observation tower that reads:

TANKER 61 MEMORIAL

BECAUSE OF THEIR INTEREST IN ILLUSTRATING AERIAL
FIREFIGHTING TO THE VISITORS AT THE BASE ESPECIALLY
THE CHILDREN, THIS OBSERVATION TOWER IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF TANKER 61 PILOTS.

CHARLES "CHUCK" SHERIDAN AND LEONARD MARTIN.
T-61 CRASHED ON OCTOBER 1, 1992 WHILE FLYING ON THE
CLEVELAND FIRE, ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST.

Visitors of the observation tower will see many testaments and memorabilia dedicated to these two men.

Disaster Date: 10/01/1992 Date of dedication: 10/01/2001 Memorial Sponsors: Wildfire Learning Center - Klamath Falls Interagency Fire Center Disaster Type: Technological Relevant Website: [Web Link] Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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