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Mike I'll check my accident records and get back to you n/t
Posted by Rob Rohr on Fri Jan 03, 2003 08:33:56 AM
In reply top Re: From Barnstormers, a B-17 in Canada posted by MikeZ_wixlurker on Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:52:15 AM
: Hmmm, interesting, I don't know of any B-17's along the BC
: part of route lost, other than the one that crashed into
: the lake near Carcross and was recovered intact, by divers
: of the time equipped to salvage it. It was later piled i
: nto the scrap heap in Whitehorse, but that's the Yukon. M
: ore Common B-24', B-25's lost, usually in the Yukon. Acco
: rding to my reference books no B-17's were allocated under
: the lend lease route, but were used for US operations in
: Alaska. The thaw in 1943 was in April, but in order to be
: in "deep mud" it would have to be between Fort Nelson and
: Fort St. John, but the lakes are not typically deep, more
: like muskeg swamps. North of that, there are deep lakes,
: but not typically muddy due to mountainous terrain. If a
: nybody has any clue as to location, I'd love to hear it, i
: can reach any part of the BC or Alberta part of the lend-
: lease route in route in a matter of hours to verify.