ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193402
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 March 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25N Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 44-30050 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | American Fork, UT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hill AFB, UT |
| March AFB, CA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On March 9, 1955, a World War II-era B-25 bomber took off in Great Falls, Montana, refueled at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, and attempted to cross the Wasatch Mountains as it made its way towards a base in Riverside, California. However, snowy conditions disoriented the pilot, and the plane crashed around 7:30 p.m. Although the wreckage was found the following day, avalanche threats prevented an immediate rescue. Local hikers were the first to reach the crash site, where they discovered scattered body parts and the bomber’s deceased pilot, who was “fastened into his seat . . . apparently in an upright position, but was decapitated.”
The next day, volunteers searched through the wreckage and snow until they found four of the bodies on March 15. The fifth and last body was not recovered until May 30, more than two and a half months after the crash.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 10 March 1955, p1
https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/211?tour=18&index=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2017 20:00 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jun-2019 15:33 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 06-Dec-2019 07:14 | jrholmstead | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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