Over 400 military aircraft crash sites located in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California from WWII through the Cold War.

 

2011

March

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P-39 Airacobra, Blythe, CA 1940's

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P-39 Airacobra, Rice, Ca 1940's

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PT-17 Stearman, Freda, CA 1943

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A-7 Corsair, Kingman, AZ 1960's

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F-100 Super Sabre near Wickenburg

April

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B-24 Liberator, Tucson, AZ 1944

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter near Ajo, AZ 1960's

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F-84 Midair collision, AZ 1950's

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AT-6, near Ajo, AZ 1940's

January

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F-100 near Gila Bend, 1956

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AT-6 near Gila Bend, 1944

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F9F near Desert Center, 1960's

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A-4 Skyhawk near Chiriaco Summit, unknown date

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F-84G, Ajo, AZ, 1956

February

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AT-6 Texan, Kingman, AZ 1945

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B-17G Flying Fortress, Kingman, AZ 1944

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AT-6 Texan, Tucson, AZ 1940's

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F-84G, Dateland, AZ, 1954

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F-100 Super Sabre, Yuma, 1956

 

2010

November

bulletP-51 Mustang, near Phoenix, AZ 1945
bulletP-80 Shooting Star, Gila Bend, 1950's
bulletF-100 Super Sabre, Gila Bend, 1962
bulletP-51 crash, unknown details, 1940-1950's
bulletF-84G, Maricopa Mountains, 1950's
bulletB-24 Liberator, Lordsburg, NM, 1943
bulletF-86 Sabre, Roosevelt Lake, 1956

December

 

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F-100 Super Sabre, Goldwater Range, 1960's

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F-84F, unidentified, near Wickenburg, AZ 1950's

September

bulletB-17 Flying Fortress, Flagstaff, 1943
bulletF-100 Super Sabre, Gila Bend, 1955
bulletF-84G Thunderjet, Ajo, 1954
bulletAT-6 Texan, Ajo, 1945
bulletP-40 Warhawk, NW of Phoenix, 1943
bulletAT-6 Texan, Yucca, AZ 1944
bulletP-51 Mustang, near Phoenix, AZ 1945

 

October
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F-8 Crusader, Desert Center, Ca, 1960's

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B-24 Liberator, Blythe, Ca, 1943

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F-100 Super Sabre, Vidal, Ca, 1960's

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A-4 Skyhawk, Desert Center, Ca, 1960's

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B-17 Flying Fortress, Kingman, AZ 1944

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AT-6 Texan. Kingman, AZ 1944

July

bulletAT-6 Texan, Rainbow Valley, AZ 1944
bulletF-100 Super Sabre crash, Gila Bend, 1956
bulletP-40 Warhawk, Rainbow Velley, 1944
bulletF-84G Thunderjet midair collision south of Buckeye, AZ, 1953
August
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AT-6, near Tucson, 1944

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter near Gila Bend, AZ, 1960's

May

bulletB-24 Liberator crash near Indio, Ca, 1943
bulletB-17 Fortress, Blythe, CA 1943
bulletB-24 Liberator crash near Blythe Army Airfield, 1943
bulletF-84F crash, unknown details, 1953
bullet1954 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak near Wickenburg.
June
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F-84F crash near Gila Bend Aux Field, 1959

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F-51 Mustang near Hassayampa, AZ 1952

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Navy TBM Avenger crash near Payson, 1962

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F-84G Thunderjet midair collision south of Buckeye, AZ, 1953

March

bulletPT-26 Cornell midair in southern New Mexico, 1943
bulletB-24 Liberator near Palm Springs, California, 1944
bulletNavy F9F Cougar near Desert Center, CA
bulletP-39/ P-40 midair collision near Chiriaco Summit, California
bullet1954 Republic F-84E Thunderjet near Hyder, AZ
April
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Republic F-84F Thunderjet crash from 1953 near Ajo, AZ

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Republic F-84G midair collision northeast of Gila Bend, 1952

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Lockheed P-80 crash near Gila Bend, 1950's

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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter near Gila Bend, 1966

January

bulletVultee BT-13 crash from 1943 in Chiricahua Mountains.
bulletBell P-39 Airacobra crash near Desert Center, CA from 1944.
bulletLockheed P-80 Shooting Star crash near Bagdad, Arizona, 1951.
bulletWWII Grumman F6F Hellcat crash near Hachita, New Mexico.
bulletLockheed F-104 Starfighter near Gila Bend, AZ, 1978
bulletNorth American F-100 Super Sabre crash near Gila Bend, 1971.

 

February

 

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Navy F6F Hellcat near Animas, New Mexico

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Bell P-39 Airacobra crash near Blythe, Ca, 1943

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Navy HUP Helicopter crash near Deming, New Mexico, 1952

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Navy F-8 Crusader on Goldwater Range, 1960's

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B-24 Liberator midair collision near Yuma, 1944.

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Luke AFB F-84 Thunderjet crash on Goldwater Range, 1953

 

 

2009

November

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1961 T-33 Shooting Star near Wickenburg.

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1944 Vultee BT-13 crash near Willcox, AZ

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1944 B-25 Mitchell crash near Safford.

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1953 Republic F-84G Thunderjet near Wickenburg.

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Re-visit to unidentified Republic F-84F crash NW of Wickenburg.

 

December

bulletUnknown aircraft near Las Cruces, NM identified as a drone from White Sands Missile Range.
bullet1943 B-24 Liberator near Lordsburg, New Mexico
bullet1954 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak near Wickenburg.
bullet1943 P-40 south of Wickenburg.
bullet1943 BT-13 west of Blythe
bulletRe-visit 1951 Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star south of Dugas

 September

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1944 N3N Canary atop the Pinaleno Mountains.

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Revisit 1942 Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress near Vail

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1945 AT-6 Texan, 5 miles north of Hachita, NM

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Revisit 1952 F-80 crash near Casa Grande

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1943 Vultee BT-13 crash near Globe, AZ

October
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1943 B-24 Consolidated Liberator south of Blythe

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1943 Bell P-39 Airacobra crash near Blythe AAF

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1951 Lockheed F-80 south of Dugas

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1946 Western Airlines DC-3 on Mt. Laguna near San Diego

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1968 Piper 140 on Mount Laguna

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Revisit 1941 Douglas A-20 Havoc by Mohawk, AZ

July

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Revisit 1944 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in San Francisco Peaks. Took the nephew of the flight engineer (Ed Sikora) up to the crash.

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Unidentified B-25 Mitchell wreckage near Coolidge AAF

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1955 F9F Cougar near Deming, NM

August

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1954 Republic F-84E Thunderjet near Hyder, AZ

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Escort son of pilot to the 1957 Boeing KC-97 Stratofortress crash on Gray Mountain

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1944 Douglas A-24 Banshee near Desert Center, CA

 

May
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Escort son to his dad's 1961 Grumman F9F Cougar crash near Palm Springs

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1943 AT-6 Texan crash near Salome Aux. field, AZ

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1945 Beech AT-11 Kansan by Skull Valley

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1952 Grumman F8F Bearcat near Skull Valley

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1943 North American A-36 Apache (Mustang) near Hassayampa, AZ

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1946 AT-6 Texan crash near Castle Hot Springs

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1944 Consolidated B-24 Liberator near Indio, CA

June

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1943 Consolidated B-24 Liberator west of Safford, AZ

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1967 Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter crash in Santa Rita Mountains

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1944 North American AT-6 Texan crash north of Phoenix

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1967 Bell UH-1 Huey crash near Benson, AZ

 

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