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[ski3pin]

Here's something very different, but, as I explain in the introduction, it was quite the adventure sleuthing out the details and stories about this historic WWII event in a small town in the heart of California's Mother Lode. The story is posted here -

 

The 1943 Placerville B-25 Bomber Crash

 

Tomorrow, Saturday January 29th, is the 79th anniversary of this tragic event.

[Gussie]

Wow, what an amazing saga. It's so great that you've kept this event alive.
Plus, that unexpected ending!
"... Rich couldn’t understand all of it, so he carried the words home to his mother, who had grown up in the area and spoke the language. She listened. Then, she explained to Rich that Wesley was saying that the earth had swallowed up men who had dared to fly in the sky and had taken retribution from the white men for the desecration of their sacred burial site."

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Those young men live on in our memories, as long as we say their names and remember them.  Thank you for helping keep them alive.

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Thanks Monte,what a great story.

Thank you for all the investigating

you did.

Frank

[goinoregon]

thx. very interesting.  different world back then

[Vic Harder]

wow, what a tragedy, and a story very well told!

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Very sad still to this day. Wandering Sagebrush is right…saying their names honors their sacrifice.

 

I live close to Camarillo Airport (formerly Camarillo AFB) where there is a B-25 based. The roar of those twin radials always brings me outdoors to watch that magnificent ship pass over. 

[Missing Link]

Thank you, Mr. Ski for bringing this story to our attention and for the research you have done which commemorates the sacrifices made by the crew of that aircraft.

[heinphoto]

Thank you for researching and preserving this piece of history. The ranks of living WWII vets and others who lived through that difficult time are rapidly slipping away and with them the first-hand accounts of that history. It's so cool that you were able to find those "boys" who witnessed the crash and visit the site with them!

[ski3pin]

Gussie, thank you for the very kind comment. During my investigation of this crash I encountered many different reactions/responses to my inquiries. Some were, "Why do we even need to be interested or remember?" Rich's story about Wesley was a very eye opening perspective and I'm so glad he choose to share it with me.

 

Wow, what an amazing saga. It's so great that you've kept this event alive.
Plus, that unexpected ending!
"... Rich couldn’t understand all of it, so he carried the words home to his mother, who had grown up in the area and spoke the language. She listened. Then, she explained to Rich that Wesley was saying that the earth had swallowed up men who had dared to fly in the sky and had taken retribution from the white men for the desecration of their sacred burial site."