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Trey Brandt
Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Trey at a 1956 Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
crash. |
Trey Brandt has been a leading researcher of military aircraft crash sites in the American
southwest for over 18 years. He specializes in locating, documenting and
photographing vintage crashes from WWII thru the Cold War. To date, he
has located over 400 crash sites in the Southwest. He has been featured in
various publications such as The Arizona Republic, Smithsonian Air &
Space, Arizona Flyways, The Las Vegas Sun, The Arizona Daily Star, The
Tucson Citizen, The Eight Air Force News, and various other
periodicals. He has also appeared on FOX and NBC.
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| A USAAF airman's ring from a B-24 crash, pilot's
wings from a P-39 Airacobra wreck, and a C-47 crewman's dogtag. |
As an avid hiker, his explorations take him to remote terrain from the
flat desert to rugged mountain peaks in search of these forgotten
aircraft. His primary research area covers Arizona, southeastern
California, western New Mexico and southern Nevada.
Aside from locating crashes, Trey also enjoys researching the aircrews and
families, and has taken many of them back to the crash sites. The stories
and experiences of the ex-airmen add a fascinating angle only they
could tell. Also, he has returned numerous dogtags, rings and other
personal effects found at the crash sites to next of kin.
Trey has authored a book on his exploits; Faded
Contrails, Last Flights Over Arizona.
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Trey Brandt
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| Hank Dyson and Trey at
Hank's September 1951 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star crash site. The
right photo is of Hank at Luke AFB in front of his P-80 weeks before
he ejected from his aircraft. Soon after, Hank went on to fly
fighters in the Korean War. |
