B52 Lake: Wreckage of a Downed American Bomber in Hanoi

b52 lake hanoi B-52 Lake Hanoi, also known as Huu Tiep Lake, is a small lake situated in the capital city of Vietnam. The lake's nickname, "B-52 Lake," is derived from its intriguing history that dates back to the Vietnam War..

b52-web  On the night of December 27, 1972 during the “Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu in the air” campaign, an American B-52 bomber was shot down by Vietnamese soldiers and part of it landed where it still remains today in Huu Tiep Lake in Ngoc Ha Ward, Ba Dinh District.

b52-club.clup  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.