The B-52 Strato-Fortress was on a routine mission carrying two 24-megaton nuclear bombs. This was the height of the Cold War and 12 atomic-bomb laden aircraft such as this were airborne at all times.
By Cumberland Times, 1964
Newspaper clipping of the marker at the dedication ceremony
On Westernport Road, 0.2 miles north of Pine Swamp Road, on the left when traveling north.
Near this site, at 1:42 am on January 13th 1964, a B-52 bomber, call sign "Buzz One Four", crashed during a blizzard. The plane, with a crew of five, was armed with two 9-megaton nuclear weapons. Four of the five crew members ejected from the plane. . . . — — Map (db m96446) HM
On Alternate U.S. 40 east of River Road, on the left when traveling east.
This monument is dedicated to the citizens of this area who gave their time and their energy and their skill, for more than five days in sub zero weather and deep snow, to assist the air and ground rescue teams in recovering the victims of a crash . . . — — Map (db m71195) HM
Near Savage River Road, 1.3 miles south of Westernport Road.
In memory of Robert Lee Payne, Major U.S.A.F., who died here from the crash of a B-52 Jan. 13, 1964. A kind and loving husband and father. — — Map (db m67300) HM
