Steve Byers, a member of the B-25 Recovery Group, served as master of ceremonies for a memorial service on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 marking the 70th anniversary of the crash landing of a B-25 bomber in the Monongahela River near Homstead on Jan. 31, 1956. The plane, and no parts of it, have ever been found. (Brian C. Rittmeyer | TribLive)
It’s been 70 years since a B-25 bomber ran out of fuel, splashed down on the Monongahela River near today’s Homestead Grays Bridge and was never seen again.
A group fascinated by the story, and not giving up hope that the plane or parts of it may yet be found, gathered to the day and the hour to observe the anniversary Saturday at the Courtyard by Marriott at The Waterfront, a location that Steve Byers said is not far from the plane’s suspected resting place in the river…