B52 Lake: Wreckage of a Downed American Bomber in Hanoi

b52 lake hanoi The B-52 crashed in the middle of Huu Tiep lake and have been lying for more than 40 years that makes what the rest of the aircraft shot down by the Vietnamese Air Force looks like an iron pile, but yet is the pride of the people of Hanoi..

play-b52-vip  Huu Tiep Lake, commonly known as “B-52 Lake,” is a significant historical site in Ngoc Ha village, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi. This lake holds the remains of a B-52 bomber, which was shot down during the “Hanoi – Dien Bien Phu in the Air” campaign in December 1972.

tai-game-b52  In the residential Ba Dinh district of Hanoi lies a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War – wreckage of a B-52 bomber shot down shortly before the war ended.