C-47 Plane Crash Memorial

Material

metal

Inscription

In the late hours of November 25, 1944, a C-47 Army cargo plane en route from Chicago to Minneapolis crashed into Blue Mound 400-500 feet north of this monument. The plane had encountered a winter storm, and burdened by built up ice, was attempting to ret

• 12.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway

Local time (America/Chicago).

43.02842, -89.84952

Elevation 521 m (modelled from terrain)

• OpenStreetMap record