Sunday Hike And Meditation

"The aircraft at this site is an F-101B "Voodoo" Interceptor of the 75th Fighter Interceptor Squandron at Dow AFB, Bangor [ME].
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 11, 1961, Capt. Vernal Johnson and Lt. Edward Masaitis were returning from an active air defense intercept off the coast in a freezing rain storm with zero visibility. The aircraft got too low on approach and struck this mountain."
Let it remain as a memorial to these two officers and all those who gave their lives in the service of their country in the Cold War era.

Apparently, aircraft hulks such as this one aren't even that rare around active Cold War air bases. It was the beginning of the jet era and the limits of men and machines were in the early stages of discovery.

Text on the wing: CAUTION: DISC. ELEC. WIRING BEFORE REMOVING WING. I don't think the crew had the chance...

The text comes from this marker.