According to a history of the Eighth Air Force, the command based in England whose mission was the bombardment of targets in Europe, casualties totaled 47,000, including 26,000 KIA. The Greatest Generation, indeed.
The 1943 Placerville, California B-25 Bomber Crash
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Posted 04 February 2022 - 10:13 AM
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Posted 06 February 2022 - 01:30 AM
This plaque is in place at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument in Placerville, California.
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Posted 06 February 2022 - 06:17 PM
Oregon has several crash sites. I had seen the plaque at Cape Lookout of the B-17 and found some interesting websites related.
http://www.photograp...ane-Wrecks.html
http://www.photograp...ookout-B17.html
Paul
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Posted 06 February 2022 - 11:11 PM
If you are curious, here are two other WWII bomber crash sites Julie and I have visited -
and the B-24 that is melting out of a glacier in the Sierra Nevada
And here is one from the 1970's, the two F-4's that colided over the Coso Mountains -
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Posted 07 February 2022 - 12:33 AM
Thanks, Monte. 3 great trip reports. You had me really confused on how you had included photos on a trip without your camera.
i was thinking: “What a great mind’s eye.”
Paul
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