457th Air Expeditionary Group, provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command
On Saturday, 28 July, Lieutenant Colonel William F. Smith lost his way while ferrying a B-25 Mitchell bomber from Bedford, Massachusetts, to Sioux Falls AAF via Newark Airport.
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The aircraft crashed headlong into the 79th floor level of the Empire State Building, killing Lieutenant Colonel Smith, two passengers and eleven office workers.
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