Editing North Oxford, Maine (section)

==1944 B-17 crash==
[[File:Boeing B-17G Superfortress Shoo Shoo Baby USAF.jpg|thumb|left|B-17G bomber similar to the one which crashed on Deer Mountain.]]
North Oxford was the site of Maine's second worst military plane crash. A [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] bomber was flying from [[Nebraska]] to [[Dow Field]] in preparation for a trans-Atlantic flight to participate in the [[World War II]] strategic bombing of Europe. The bomber apparently became lost in thunderstorms around North Oxford which may have damaged the plane's radio. Local residents heard the bomber wandering through the overcast in searching circles for more than an hour before it crashed 500 feet below the summit of Deer Mountain in the southeastern corner of Parkertown Township. There were no survivors from the ten-man [[United States Army Air Forces]] crew. The Deer Mountain crash site now includes a memorial marker and is a popular hiking destination. A similar [[Long Creek Air Tragedy Memorial]] 100 miles to the south marks the site of Maine's worst plane crash. Through coincidence, both crashes occurred on the same day—July 11, 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunjournal.com/oxford-hills/story/907518 |title=The ultimate sacrifice; wreck sites a reminder of military plane disasters |publisher=Lewiston Sun Journal |accessdate=January 20, 2012}}</ref>