Big Rock Point in Charlevoix County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial

In Memorium

— B-52 54-2666 —

B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

1. B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial Marker

Inscription.
99th Bombardment Wing/SAC
Westover Air Force Base, Mass.
346/348 Bombardment Squadrons

The following B-52 crew members gave their lives
on a training mission over Lake Michigan
January 7, 1971

Lt. Col. Wm B. Lemmon • Lt. Col. John M. Simonfy, Jr.
Major Gerald W. Black • Major Donald F. Rousseau
Capt. John E. Weaver, Jr. • Capt. Joel G. Hirsch
1st Lt. Douglas Bachman • 1st Lt Dennis D. Ferguson
Technical Sergeant Jerry M. Achey

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold. A significant historical date for this entry is January 7, 1971.

Location. 45° 21.791′ N, 85° 10.487′ W. Marker is in Big Rock Point, Michigan, in Charlevoix County. It can be reached from U.S. 31. Marker is at Lake Michigan Shores Roadside Park, off U.S. 31, about 0.2 mile west of Burgess Road, and about five miles northeast of Charlevoix. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Charlevoix MI 49720, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula,

in the Grand Traverse Bay Region,

and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Big Rock Point / Nuclear Power Plant (within shouting distance of this marker); Greensky Hill Mission (approx. 2½ miles away); Chicago and Western Railroad Charlevoix Depot

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(approx. 4½ miles away); Charlevoix Train Depot / The Railroad Bridge, The Trains, and The Natatorium (approx. 4½ miles away); Louis “Louie” Edwards (approx. 4.6 miles away); Concrete Paving (approx. 4.6 miles away); The Lower Channel Bridges (approx. 5.1 miles away); The Lower Channel / Bridges, Boats, and the Weathervane Inn (approx. 5.1 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. A Cold War Tragedy: B-52C Crash In January 1971. Military History of the Upper Great Lakes website entry (Submitted on January 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. B-52 Crash Information. Flight Safety Foundation website entry (Submitted on September 5, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. Cruise narrates 1971 B-52 crash (2015). Petoskey News-Review website entry (Submitted on September 5, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

2. B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial Marker

B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

3. B-52 Crash Fallen Crew Members Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,281 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.