Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
GRETCHEN LOESER, of Iola, Wis., applies stain to a wooden post on Saturday that holds a plaque at the B-47 Crash Site memorial.
By TOM STANKARD
HURLEY - Over 50 years ago, a B-47 Stratojet disappeared from radar during a low-level training mission approximately 10 miles south of Hurley.
Three months later, another aircraft disappeared near the same area, a densely wooded place about 3 miles east of U.S. 51. The planes were part of the Air Force's 40th Bombardment Wing from Forbes Air Force Base in Topeka, Kan.
The missions took place because the area's terrain is similar to locations that were anticipated bombing sites during the Korean War.
Curt Myers, of Hurley, retired from the serv...
