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The 1943 Placerville, California B-25 Bomber Crash


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#21 Foy

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Posted 04 February 2022 - 10:13 AM

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.


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#22 ski3pin

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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

 

 

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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 -

 

Arc Dome B-24

 

and the B-24 that is melting out of a glacier in the Sierra Nevada

 

Kuna Glacier B-24

 

And here is one from the 1970's, the two F-4's that colided over the Coso Mountains -

 

Coso F-4s


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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.”

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