This site is dedicated to those men and women of the US Armed
Forces who lost their lives training to protect us. It has been reported
that there were more casualties from training during WWII than there were
from combat.
Notice 2/2/2008: After having this site hosted by Tripod for free
for many years, I am shopping around for another host so that I can have
more space as well as eliminate the advertising. If you've bookmarked (saved
as a Favorite) an address that incorporates .tripod.com you'll want to save
a Favorite as http://coloradowreckchasing.com since this domain name is mine
and I will ensure that it always points to the correct location of my website
wherever that may be.
2/20/2008 Aviation Archeology Course offered again this year!
2 days classroom work followed by a 1 day field exercise. This will be the
3rd year we've done this. Take a look at the writeup on the Colo. Aviation
Archeology webpage.
Here
[Duke Sumonia found the explanation for this picture in the December
1978 edition of WINGS magazine. This aircraft is B-24M-5-FO S/N 44-50468
belonging to 455th Bomb Group 740th Bomber Squadron, 15th Air Force. "Supposedly
the result of inadvertent application of brakes during takeoff run, this
wartime accident killed six crewmen almost instantly." Jim Holder added that
this occurred at San Giovanni April 12, 1945. Pilot listed as James T. Harris.
]
Website Purpose: This site documents military
and historical aircraft crash sites in Colorado and Wyoming. It contains
site descriptions, brief descriptions of the accident causes (if known) ,
locating maps and GPS coordinates of the sites. This site also contains trip
reports, narratives, pictures, and a few stories of meetings with
survivors or relatives of victims of these crashes.
This is not a ghoulish search for personal valuables or used airplane parts.
This is an adventure in outdoor route-finding, in solving puzzles based on
descriptions and it is a reminder of how un-safe aviation was throughout
most of its development. It has brought me many, many enjoyable days in the
Colorado mountains and it has introduced me to some fascinating 'sea stories.'
On the other hand, it has also brought pain in the form of sympathy
for the families of the victims who still feel their losses many decades
after the event. If the information gained in this pasttime helps bring closure
to the families then I'm very happy that there is an unexpected nobility
involved in what started out as casual entertainment.
Note January 9, 2005- The guestbook program stopped notifying me of entries
quite a long time ago. If you want me to respond to your entry, please send
me email instead. See the email instructions below.
EMAIL:
Feedback, comments or to report a broken link email
me in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Address is: unimogbert AT pobox DOT com
Please, please, please choose a legitimate title for your message that indicates
that you aren't a spam program trying to sell me real estate, mortgages,
health supplements, car insurance, or love life enhancers.
I enjoy receiving your comments.
For those searching for info about trips into Rocky Mountain National Park,
I posted trip reports from email address ron@fc.hp.com. That
address is no longer valid. But I'm the guy. (this note to help search engines
find me)
Source page is:
http://coloradowreckchasing.tripod.com/index.html OR
simply http://coloradowreckchasing.com
This page last modified: 2/20/2008. For site changes see
What's New section.
