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B-24D # 41-11887
History of Flight: This Liberator was on a night bombing and gunnery
training mission when it flew off course and became lost, flying into the
side of a mountain and killing all 11 men on board. The plane
had taken off from Davis-Monthan Field to fly over the Sahuarita Bombing
Range 15 miles south of Tucson, and was on its way back when they became
lost in a storm and accidentally took a wrong heading. Caught in the dark
clouds, the bomber flew into a peak in the Galiuro Mountains 50 miles NE
of Tucson. The Liberator remained missing for over 2 months when it
was finally located while searching for a B-17 that had gone down in the
area. The airmen on board were: 2nd Lt. John Wasson, 2nd Lt. Charles
Beaucond, 2nd Lt. Fred Neal, 2nd Lt. Joe Fiero, Pvt. Henry Peterson,
S/Sgt. Robert Story, Pvt. Murty Huckaby, Sgt. Alman Porter, Sgt. Stevens
Safka, Sgt. Henry Pellister, S/Sgt. Ernest Breier.
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| Looking at the direction the B-24 came
from. Note the a/c skin wrapped around the rock. |
The
outer wing panel still has part of the national insignia. |
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| The
aircraft's acceptance data plate found in the wreckage. |
A
friend standing next to the main gear and wing deep down in a canyon
below the impact point | |
