Me with Bell P-39Q-15 Airacobra tail-portion of wreckage, Yukon
Self-timer shot of me with broken-off tail section from a crashed WWII fighterplane.
This P-39 Airacobra crashed on a ferry flight from Great Falls, MT to Fairbanks, AK on October 27, 1943. This Airacobra was a Lend-Lease ship and not yet in the hands of the Soviet Air Force. Wreckage was not found until 1965, my visit was probably the second time on site since the initial discovery. Cause of crash was poor weather and possibly lack of experience by the pilot under instrument flight conditions--most of the single engine boys didn't have much intrument time and the P-39 was not equipped for anything but emergency instrument-flight. Wreckage is situated high on a mountaintop in the Yukon Territory.
Me with Bell P-39Q-15 Airacobra tail-portion of wreckage, Yukon
Self-timer shot of me with broken-off tail section from a crashed WWII fighterplane.
This P-39 Airacobra crashed on a ferry flight from Great Falls, MT to Fairbanks, AK on October 27, 1943. This Airacobra was a Lend-Lease ship and not yet in the hands of the Soviet Air Force. Wreckage was not found until 1965, my visit was probably the second time on site since the initial discovery. Cause of crash was poor weather and possibly lack of experience by the pilot under instrument flight conditions--most of the single engine boys didn't have much intrument time and the P-39 was not equipped for anything but emergency instrument-flight. Wreckage is situated high on a mountaintop in the Yukon Territory.