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.