"gatt" wrote in message
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A friend of mine and I hiked up into the Olympic forest to find this crash
site. He ended up contacting survivors, family of the deceased, etc and
uncovered an amazing amount of information. Last I heard, he went back up
with a GPS to mark the debris field. It's a sad story...SB-17 crashes in
severe IMC returning from a search and rescue mission. The photos at the
site cover the crew being rescued, the aircraft preparing for its final
mission, and the site as it looks today.

It was touching to find the hub, broken prop blades and engines scattered
among the rocks and wildflowers and breathtaking scenery only two years
ago.

The biggest issue, which might be a topic for discussion here, is that the
pilot's career was destroyed because the crash was blamed on him despite
the
extreme, uncontrollable conditions reported by the other crewmembers.

http://www.peak.org/~mikey/746.htm



Wow...!

Quite the story, thanks for sharing the link.

Jay B in AZ