Fifteen Army airmen were killed when B-24J
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
If interested, you can see name 151018318
for the others lost on that flight.
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
If interested, you can see name 151018318
for the others lost on that flight.
Fifteen Army airmen were killed when B-24J
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
If interested, you can see name 151018318
for the others lost on that flight.
Liberator #42-50564 crashed into a mountain
region, seventeen miles northwest of Elgin,
Oregon, or some seven miles southeast of
Langdon Lake on the Tollgate road.
Eleven crew members and four passengers
perished.
The plane was en route from Sioux City, Iowa,
to the base at Walla Walla, Washington, when
the crash occurred. Another plane making the
trip and flying somewhat above the plane that
crashed saw the accident and radioed the
information to army headquarters.
If interested, you can see name 151018318
for the others lost on that flight.
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