No, not the Kee Bird
Interesting pics and video here:
15 Nov 1957: A TB-29, 44-70039, assigned to the 5040th Radar Evaluation Flight, 5040th Consolidation Maintenance Group, Elmendorf AFB, crashed 39 miles southeast of Talkeetna at around 1822. The crew had taken off from Elmendorf AFB at 0954 under instrument flight rules on a flight path to the Aircraft Control and Warning radar stations at Campion near Galena and
then Murphy Dome north of Fairbanks. It was on a ground radar calibration mission. The flight covered 1,800 nautical miles with an estimated ten hours in the air. The training bomber carried fourteen hours worth of fuel and a crew of eight plus an instructor pilot. It was on the final leg of an approach to Elmendorf AFB when the crash occurred. The glacier on which TB-29, 44-70039, went down became known a “Bomber Glacier,” and became a popular hiking destination with the scattered wreckage still visible. Officially, the area remained unnamed.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA—Air/Boeing-B-29-Superfortress/1326044/L/?width=1024&height=694&sok=&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1324303
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA—Air/Boeing-B-29-Superfortress/1323697/L/?width=1024&height=780&sok=&photo_nr=9&prev_id=1324273&next_id=1323654
Three part video here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgJbpy84vQ
By: J Boyle - 7th May 2011 at 18:47
Our local ski area in a state park a few miles from my home, has a ski run named B-29 named after a B-29 that crashed there in 1947.
No, there aren’t any parts left.
By: piston power! - 7th May 2011 at 16:37
I guess this is a long way up in the mountains for souvernier hunters to walk off with bits?
By: Peter - 7th May 2011 at 16:14
From what I can tell the crew went down with it 6 survivors
By: neil996 - 7th May 2011 at 11:40
A future rear turret to appear at cockpit fest?
By: JägerMarty - 7th May 2011 at 10:56
Very interesting, did the crew bail out or go down with it?
By: scotavia - 7th May 2011 at 08:34
Thanks Peter, fascinating.
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May 6, 2011 at 3:46 pm