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Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of the American West Recommended Reading
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Recommended for all those interested in aviation accident history, and the special circumstances that make many of the included stories so intriguing. This book also offers helpful tips on equipment, do’s and don’ts of wreck hunting, legal issues concerning wreckage removal, placing memorials, how to obtain accident reports, plus much more. |
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Well researched and written this is a must read book about an epic story of survival against incredible odds. Battling the effects of injuries, lack of food, and extremely low temperatures makes every page a tense and gripping reading adventure. The extensive use of photos and maps, many in color, adds to the value of this fine book. |
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AVIATION MYSTERIES OF THE NORTH
Thoroughly enjoyable book that leaves the reader wanting more, well researched and focused on seventeen disappearances. Only two of these cases have been solved to date, and the others tantalize us with a myriad of questions and possibilities. |
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Peter Stekel’s well crafted book demonstrates his understanding of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and through his extensive research he confirms the fate of four U.S. Army aviators after their tragic disappearance in November 1942, while on a routine training mission. The author weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue that blends the 1947 discovery of this missing aircraft with the discovery this century of two of the four crewmembers. Mr. Stekel’s remarkable work on the Mendel Glacier earns well deserved praise for contributing to the resolution of this mystery. |
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A compelling read by the sole survivor of a the 2/19/79 crash of Cessna 172 N1527V in the San Gabriel Mountains near Mt. Baldy village. The survivor was only eleven at the time, and his descent on the fog enshrouded, snow and ice encrusted west flank of Ontario Peak brings the reader to the very edge of his seat in more ways than one. |
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Here’s a must have work by two experts in the field. With 160 pages, almost 300 photos, and the detailed accident stories of the most famous and obscure X-aircraft will leave the reader well satisfied. Years of painstaking field work and research by the authors provide us with a clear picture of where the X-wrecks are and how they got there. This book also includes a valuable chronological listing of more than five-hundred accident sites in and around Muroc/Edwards AFB and Area 51 in Nevada. |
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The Restoration This well written 350 page book documents the location, recovery, and restoration of Northrop N3PB Serial Number 320 flown by the Royal Norwegian Air Force and seconded to RAF 330 Squadron based in Iceland during WWII. The history of 330 Squadron is also discussed and the fate all twenty N3PB’s flown by the Royal Norwegian Air Force is included as well. Dozens of photographs, maps, diagrams, and three view drawings add to the quality of this book as does this unique story of aircraft restoration from the wreckage on up. |
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This book is about a Sequoia and Kings Canyon Park Ranger who disappeared in the High Sierra in 1996 and the extensive search for him that followed. While the focus of this well written book is not about missing aircraft the author does discuss the story of the Consolidated B-24E that vanished over the High Sierra in December 1943 and how difficult it was to locate that crash site despite years of searching. The Last Season provides the reader an understanding and a sense of how the vast and rugged wilderness can seemingly swallow a large aircraft as well as a veteran ranger of the back country. The stories of the missing haunt us, we need to know their fate, and this book does a fine job of engaging the reader in this enthralling mystery. (G. Pat Macha) |
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FINDING BILLY: An Internet
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The Last
Flight of Bomber 31 A must read for those interested in WWII air operations against Japan that originated from Alaskan bases. This book is not just about one loss, Lockheed PV-1 BuNo 34641 that crashed in Russia with the loss of the entire crew, it’s also the story of those interned in the Soviet Union during WWII. The appendices of this book provided the researcher with details of many USAAF and USN aircraft losses in and around the Aleutian Islands during the Second World War. |
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Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation
Accidents in the United States 1941-1945 Published by McFarland Publishing Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640, Phone orders: (800) 253-2187. Softcover three volume set, 7x10, 2006, 1336 pages includes appendices, notes, bibliography, and index. $195 for the complete set or $75 each individual volume. Anthony Mireless obtained the microfilm for every fatal USAAF aircraft accident in the continental United States and wrote a crash summary for each one including location, aircrew names, and probable cause if known. While there are no photographs the unique content makes this research work a must for students of WWII, aviation history, and those with an interest in aircraft archaeology. The appendices at the back of volume three include; accident statistics, Army Air Force Stations in the U.S. 41-45, crashed aircraft by manufacturer including serial numbers, location index by state, and name index of those who died. Few people realize that more United States military aviators and aircrew lost their lives in routine training, ferrying, and testing of aircraft here in the U.S. than were lost in combat! This book does an outstanding job of remembering those who lost their lives here at home. It is an essential reference for relatives tracing the fates of loved ones. Reviewed by G. Pat Macha |
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Mayday! Mayday! Aircraft Crashes in the Great
Smokey Mountains National Park 1920-2000 |
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Death Daring and Disaster, Search and Rescue
in the National Parks |
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Faded Contrails Last Flights Over Arizona
(military aircraft 1942-1977) Good photos and twenty detailed stories make this an excellent read about historic accidents and crash sites in Arizona. |
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Santa Catalina Island Goes To War World War II 1941-1945 William Sanford White ISBN 0-9659793-7-4 |
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KOGA'S ZERO The Fighter that Changed World War II Jim Rearden ISBN 0-929521-56-0 |
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Disappearance: A MAP, A MEDITATION ON DEATH AND LOSS IN THE
HIGH LATITUDES Sheila Nickerson ISBN 0-385-48170-5 |
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WRECKCHASING A Guide to Finding Aircraft Crash Sites Nicholas A. Veronico ISBN 0-9636332-0-1 |
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WRECKCHASING 2 Commercial Aircraft Crashes & Crash Sites Nicholas A. Veronico ISBN 0-9626730-3-X |
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WW II WRECKS of the Kwajalein and Truck Lagoons Dan E. Bailey ISBN 0-911615-05-9 |
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BROKEN WINGS Tragedy & Disaster in Alaska Civil
Aviation Gregory P. Liefer ISBN 0-88839-524-8 |
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The Lost Squadron A Fleet of Warplanes Locked in the Ice for 50 Years David Hayes ISBN 0-7868-6048-0 |
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Colorado's Lost Squadron Troy Turner ISBN 97-90101 Highlights WWII bomber training losses in the Rocky Mountains. |
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SAFELY REST A Father's
Quest to Discover the Fate of His WWII Soldier Son |
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The Bomber Mountain Crash:
A Wyoming Mystery |
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Courtesies of the Heart |
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