B-17G # 42-102899

History Of Flight: This B-17G was stationed at Kingman Army Airfield and was on a night-time cross-country flight when it crashed into the San Francisco Peaks north of Flagstaff.  The plane passed over Flagstaff and was was trying to gain altitude when 2 fires broke out, causing a loss of power and altitude.  The plane then crashed into the side of a peak and spread wreckage down the steep canyon, killing all on board.  The airmen were: 1st Lt. Richard Howell, 2nd Lt. Richard Davis, Flight Officer Lafayette Brown, Sgt. Edmond Sikora.  In 1997, friends and fellow wreckchasers Bob Lasher and Robert Kropp found Ed Sikora's sterling silver AAF ring in the wreckage and were able to return it to Sikora's sister.