Startseite
Podcasts
Astonishing Legends Podcast
The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela

The Ghost Bomber of the Monongahela

Astonishing Legends vor 3 Monaten

0:00

2:23:08

In January 1956, rush-hour drivers crossing Pittsburgh’s icy
Homestead High Level Bridge watched a nightmare descend from
the sky: a silent B-25 bomber gliding just feet above the
roadway with both engines dead. Veteran Air Force pilot Major
William Dotson pulled off a flawless emergency landing on the
freezing Monongahela River, saving all six men from the crash
itself. But within minutes, two crew members vanished into the
current, and the bomber sank beneath only 25 feet of water…
never to be seen again. How does an entire military aircraft
disappear in shallow water, in front of hundreds of witnesses,
and stay missing for nearly seventy years?

Visit our website for a lot more information on this episode.