Map: Buddy Holly's crash site

Gull Avenue, Clear Lake, IA 50428

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GPS Coordinates

43.220372, -93.381339
43°13'13.34"N 93°22'52.82"W

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Buddy Holly's crash site

Crash Site Location in Clear Lake, Iowa

On February 3, 1959, rock-and-roll musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson, and Ritchie Valens died after their plane crashed into this field near Clear Lake, Iowa.

Their pilot, Roger Peterson, was also killed in the accident.

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