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Ground injuries. 24. On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.
Bookkeeper, US Army Corps. Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) [1] was an American bookkeeper who jumped to her death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. A photography student took a picture of her corpse where it lay on top of a crushed car. The photograph of the dead lady had a "beautiful ...
Kali (/ ˈ k ɑː l iː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. The origins of Kali can be traced to the pre-Vedic and Vedic era Goddess worship traditions in Ancient India . [ 1 ]
Wreckage from the 1945 Empire State Building B-25 crash. At 9:40 am on July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith Jr., [390] crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors (then the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council).
Elizabeth 'Kit' Magid (née MacKethan, c. 1918 - 23 March 2004) was an American fighter pilot and writer. She was one of 1,074 women in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). [1] After the death of her best friend and fellow pilot in a B-25 crash, Magid wrote the poem Celestial Flight, which became a staple at funerals for female pilots. [2]
Mahakali (Sanskrit: महाकाली, romanized: Mahākālī) is the Hindu goddess of time and death in the goddess-centric tradition of Shaktism. She is also known as the supreme being in various Tantras and Puranas. Similar to Kali, Mahakali is a fierce goddess associated with universal power, time, life, death, and both rebirth and ...
At 9:40 on 28 July 1945, a USAAF B-25D crashed in thick fog into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors. Fourteen people died — 11 in the building and the three occupants of the aircraft, including the pilot, Colonel William F. Smith. [ 48 ]
West Chester B-25 crash. On May 7, 1944, a United States Army Air Force B-25 bomber crashed and exploded around one mile north of West Chester, Pennsylvania, killing all seven military passengers and crew members on board. Caught in stormy weather, the plane nose-dived into the woods at Oaklands Cemetery and burst into flames.