Hồ B52

A quick must see. So interesting. We got a grab bike to look at it. So fascinating that it is still is such good shape.

Small local produce sellers and quaint coffee shops .lovely people getting on with life with the reminder of the past sitting in the water 20 meters away.

Worth visiting if you were around in the early 70’s a lasting memorial to all those lost in the Vietnam war.

Lovely little area, great way to experience local life and see a little bit of history along the way. Type in ‘Ho B52’ to google maps to make sure it takes you to the right location.

A very unique and special relic to witness. Quite mesmerising how it is simply left how it lay when shot down in the 1970s. Worth reading up, little information once there. Type in “ho b52” into Google Maps to find it and walk through the backstreets to find a secluded area.

Well worth a quick visit to see a piece of military history. The small lake the wreckage is situated in is really quite nice too.

This is the site of a B52 bomber which crashed during the war. The plane crashen in a small pond in a residential area in the middle of Hanoi. Don’t go out of your way to see it but worth a visit if you are in the area.

Huu Tiep lake, in the peaceful neighbourhood of Ngoc Ha in Hanoi, has a remarkable and poignant reminder of the Vietnam War: the wreckage of a B-52. On the night of 27th December 1972, an American Boeing B-52 Stratofortress long-range bomber was shot down by Vietnamese air defences, and part of it landed here in this lake, where the wreckage remains to this day. Ms Doan Thi Hien, a local resident who was a witness to the B-52 crashing, remembered: "After things cooled off that night, everyone rushed out from bunkers to the lake. What happened kept us up all night. The part of the engine that fell into the lake caught fire, glowing bright in the entire region.” The wreckage is well worth seeking out if you are in Hanoi, as a reminder of the horrors of war, here in this now-peaceful part of Hanoi. There is also a nice café in one corner of the square.

A quick must see. So interesting. We got a grab bike to look at it. So fascinating that it is still is such good shape.

Small local produce sellers and quaint coffee shops .lovely people getting on with life with the reminder of the past sitting in the water 20 meters away.

Worth visiting if you were around in the early 70’s a lasting memorial to all those lost in the Vietnam war.

Lovely little area, great way to experience local life and see a little bit of history along the way. Type in ‘Ho B52’ to google maps to make sure it takes you to the right location.

A very unique and special relic to witness. Quite mesmerising how it is simply left how it lay when shot down in the 1970s. Worth reading up, little information once there. Type in “ho b52” into Google Maps to find it and walk through the backstreets to find a secluded area.

Well worth a quick visit to see a piece of military history. The small lake the wreckage is situated in is really quite nice too.

This is the site of a B52 bomber which crashed during the war. The plane crashen in a small pond in a residential area in the middle of Hanoi. Don’t go out of your way to see it but worth a visit if you are in the area.

Huu Tiep lake, in the peaceful neighbourhood of Ngoc Ha in Hanoi, has a remarkable and poignant reminder of the Vietnam War: the wreckage of a B-52. On the night of 27th December 1972, an American Boeing B-52 Stratofortress long-range bomber was shot down by Vietnamese air defences, and part of it landed here in this lake, where the wreckage remains to this day. Ms Doan Thi Hien, a local resident who was a witness to the B-52 crashing, remembered: "After things cooled off that night, everyone rushed out from bunkers to the lake. What happened kept us up all night. The part of the engine that fell into the lake caught fire, glowing bright in the entire region.” The wreckage is well worth seeking out if you are in Hanoi, as a reminder of the horrors of war, here in this now-peaceful part of Hanoi. There is also a nice café in one corner of the square.