In the evening hours of December 6, 1953, four F-84D jet aircraft of the 128th Fighter Bomber Squadron of the Georgia Air National Guard crashed near this site while returning from a routine weekend training flight from the Miami area. As they prepared to land at Dobbins AFB near Marietta, Georgia, they encountered unexpected weather and altitude awareness problems. All of the pilots perished. No one on the ground was injured, although the impact destroyed the home of the Ernest Brooks family, who by chance were not at home. After the accident, the United States Air Force changed the design of the altimeter, the instrument used to measure altitude, making it easier to read, a change that probably saved many lives in the future. The pilots were Captain Idon M. Hodge, Jr., 1st Lieutenant Samuel P. Dixon Jr., 1st Lieutenant Elwood C. Kent, and 2nd Lieutenant William A. Tennent.