> "Capital Guardians: Proven, Vigilant, Ready!" New Jersey School Strafed by Air National Guard F-16
10 November 2004, 04:07
On the night of July 6, 1943 a U.S. Army bomber mistook the lighted Town Square of Boise
City, Oklahoma for the night bombing range it was headed for and dropped a dummy
practice bomb each time it made a pass over the square. When the Sheriff called the Air
Base to report they were bombing the town, they refused to recall the bombers, but instead
accepted assurances from ALL of the bombers, when queried, that they were over the real
bombing range! Finally, someone put a stop to the fun by shutting down the town’s power
station, plunging the town into darkness and leaving the errant bomber with nothing to
aim at. In 1993 Boise City unveiled a memorial to this "friendly fire" incident, proving
that they really were part of the Home Front!
On the night of July 6, 1943 a U.S. Army bomber mistook the lighted Town Square of Boise
City, Oklahoma for the night bombing range it was headed for and dropped a dummy
practice bomb each time it made a pass over the square. When the Sheriff called the Air
Base to report they were bombing the town, they refused to recall the bombers, but instead
accepted assurances from ALL of the bombers, when queried, that they were over the real
bombing range! Finally, someone put a stop to the fun by shutting down the town’s power
station, plunging the town into darkness and leaving the errant bomber with nothing to
aim at. In 1993 Boise City unveiled a memorial to this "friendly fire" incident, proving
that they really were part of the Home Front!