Kirby, Vermont – February 2, 1989
FB-111
U.S. Air Force Photo
On February 2, 1989, an FB-111 out of Plattsburgh, N.Y., was on a training flight over Vermont, when a problem with one of the fuel tanks forced the crew to bail out. The pilot, Captain Randall F. Voorhees, 31, of Upper Darby, PA, and his radar navigator, Captain Len J. Esterly Jr., 30, of Reading, PA, parachuted to safety with only minor injuries.
The aircraft crashed and exploded in a wooded area about a mile off Route 2, in the town of Kirby, Vermont.
FB-111
U.S. Air Force Photo
Source:
(Nashua, New Hampshire newspaper) The Telegraph, Associated Press article by Jill Arabas, “Air Force To Probe Fighter Plane Crash In Vermont”, February 3, 1989, Pg. 6.
