Airplane, Crash Site, WWII, Arizona, National Forest, Fuels Management (Other Keyword)
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The Crash at Basset Peak: Documenting a World War II-Era Bomber Crash for a Fuels Management Project on Coronado National Forest (2021)
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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In January of 1943, a B-24D heavy bomber on a training run crashed near Basset Peak in the south end of the Galiuro Mountains, killing all eleven men on board. The Galiuro Mountains are located in southeastern Arizona, with much of the range being preserved within the Galiuros Wilderness Area of Coronado National Forest. Due to the remote location, much of its...