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The hike had two things we were looking to see: an old mine, and a crashed war plane. Mine:...

The hike had two things we were looking to see: an old mine, and a crashed war plane. Mine: check. Parts of a plane: check.

Location
Washington → Olympic Peninsula → Tubal Cain Mine Trail
Photographer
Catherine Hovell
Date taken

Comments

  • So what's the story about the plane? Assuming it crashed, wouldn't they recover all the pieces? Or certainly not leave just two?

    — Margaret Hovell

  • I found this through google on the plane: "SB-17G 44-85746 Crashed on Jan, 19 1952. The Crash site is in the Olympic Mountains 20 miles South of Sequim, WA. On January 19, 1952, SB-17G 44-85746 was returning to McChord Field from a search and rescue mission of its own. Ironically, the crew was searching for survivors of a Korean plane which crashed off the Queen Charlotte Islands…. Three of the eight crewmen were killed, two of the survivors were seriously injured when the SB-17 impacted with the mountain range."

    — Catherine Hovell

  • Huh, interesting. Hard to get a sense of scale. I learned recently there's parts of a wrecked military plane in Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite, and it's been there since the 1950's! http://www.summitpost.org/airplane-gully/455050

    — John Hovell