Staff Sergeant Breier was an aerial gunner with the 355th Bomb Squadron, 302nd Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
B-24D Liberator #41-11887 took off on a late-night bombing training flight from
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
Failing to return from the mission, the aircraft was declared missing.
On March 7, 1943, the wreck of the plane was spotted by Civil Air Patrol. It had crashed, estimated at 03:37 hours on January 18th, into Bassett Peak, about 43 miles northeast of Tucson, or roughly midway between Tucson and Safford, Arizona.
All aboard had perished.
ARMY BOMBER WITH 11 ABOARD LOST FROM TUCSON BASE.
Galiuro Mountains, AZ Bomber Crash, Jan 1943
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
Tucson ARIZ Liberator crash 1-19-1943.jpg
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 18. (AP) -- A B-24 army bomber, with four officers and.......~*~more~*~
The B-24 Army bomber was carrying four officers and seven enlisted men, missing from Davis-Monthan air base since early Monday.
Victims
The plane was piloted by 2Lt.
John Wasson.
Other officers and crew members included:
2 Lt. Frederick E. Neal
2 Lt. Joe Ferio
Pvt. Murty Huckaby
SSgt. Stephen Safka
Sgt. Henry Pelletier
SSgt. Ernest Breier
2 Lt. Charles Beaucond
SSgt. Henry Peterson
SSgt. Robert Story
Sgt. Alman Porter
~
Galiuro Mountains is a mountain range in Graham County near Safford in the state of Arizona (AZ) which climbs to 5,791 feet (1,765.10 meters) above sea level. Located at latitude - longitude coordinates of N 32.60007 and W -110.350642.
This range covers an area of approximately 800 square miles. Of all the Galiuro Mountains peaks, Bassett Peak is the tallest at 7663 feet, Reiley Peak, Kennedy Peak, Muskhog Mountain, and Rockhouse Peak are some of the other high peaks.
B-24D Liberator #41-11887 took off on a late-night bombing training flight from
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
Failing to return from the mission, the aircraft was declared missing.
On March 7, 1943, the wreck of the plane was spotted by Civil Air Patrol. It had crashed, estimated at 03:37 hours on January 18th, into Bassett Peak, about 43 miles northeast of Tucson, or roughly midway between Tucson and Safford, Arizona.
All aboard had perished.
ARMY BOMBER WITH 11 ABOARD LOST FROM TUCSON BASE.
Galiuro Mountains, AZ Bomber Crash, Jan 1943
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
Tucson ARIZ Liberator crash 1-19-1943.jpg
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 18. (AP) -- A B-24 army bomber, with four officers and.......~*~more~*~
The B-24 Army bomber was carrying four officers and seven enlisted men, missing from Davis-Monthan air base since early Monday.
Victims
The plane was piloted by 2Lt.
John Wasson.
Other officers and crew members included:
2 Lt. Frederick E. Neal
2 Lt. Joe Ferio
Pvt. Murty Huckaby
SSgt. Stephen Safka
Sgt. Henry Pelletier
SSgt. Ernest Breier
2 Lt. Charles Beaucond
SSgt. Henry Peterson
SSgt. Robert Story
Sgt. Alman Porter
~
Galiuro Mountains is a mountain range in Graham County near Safford in the state of Arizona (AZ) which climbs to 5,791 feet (1,765.10 meters) above sea level. Located at latitude - longitude coordinates of N 32.60007 and W -110.350642.
This range covers an area of approximately 800 square miles. Of all the Galiuro Mountains peaks, Bassett Peak is the tallest at 7663 feet, Reiley Peak, Kennedy Peak, Muskhog Mountain, and Rockhouse Peak are some of the other high peaks.
Staff Sergeant Breier was an aerial gunner with the 355th Bomb Squadron, 302nd Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
B-24D Liberator #41-11887 took off on a late-night bombing training flight from
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
Failing to return from the mission, the aircraft was declared missing.
On March 7, 1943, the wreck of the plane was spotted by Civil Air Patrol. It had crashed, estimated at 03:37 hours on January 18th, into Bassett Peak, about 43 miles northeast of Tucson, or roughly midway between Tucson and Safford, Arizona.
All aboard had perished.
ARMY BOMBER WITH 11 ABOARD LOST FROM TUCSON BASE.
Galiuro Mountains, AZ Bomber Crash, Jan 1943
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
Tucson ARIZ Liberator crash 1-19-1943.jpg
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 18. (AP) -- A B-24 army bomber, with four officers and.......~*~more~*~
The B-24 Army bomber was carrying four officers and seven enlisted men, missing from Davis-Monthan air base since early Monday.
Victims
The plane was piloted by 2Lt.
John Wasson.
Other officers and crew members included:
2 Lt. Frederick E. Neal
2 Lt. Joe Ferio
Pvt. Murty Huckaby
SSgt. Stephen Safka
Sgt. Henry Pelletier
SSgt. Ernest Breier
2 Lt. Charles Beaucond
SSgt. Henry Peterson
SSgt. Robert Story
Sgt. Alman Porter
~
Galiuro Mountains is a mountain range in Graham County near Safford in the state of Arizona (AZ) which climbs to 5,791 feet (1,765.10 meters) above sea level. Located at latitude - longitude coordinates of N 32.60007 and W -110.350642.
This range covers an area of approximately 800 square miles. Of all the Galiuro Mountains peaks, Bassett Peak is the tallest at 7663 feet, Reiley Peak, Kennedy Peak, Muskhog Mountain, and Rockhouse Peak are some of the other high peaks.
B-24D Liberator #41-11887 took off on a late-night bombing training flight from
Davis-Monthan Field, near Tucson, Arizona.
Failing to return from the mission, the aircraft was declared missing.
On March 7, 1943, the wreck of the plane was spotted by Civil Air Patrol. It had crashed, estimated at 03:37 hours on January 18th, into Bassett Peak, about 43 miles northeast of Tucson, or roughly midway between Tucson and Safford, Arizona.
All aboard had perished.
ARMY BOMBER WITH 11 ABOARD LOST FROM TUCSON BASE.
Galiuro Mountains, AZ Bomber Crash, Jan 1943
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Stu Beitler
Tucson ARIZ Liberator crash 1-19-1943.jpg
Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 18. (AP) -- A B-24 army bomber, with four officers and.......~*~more~*~
The B-24 Army bomber was carrying four officers and seven enlisted men, missing from Davis-Monthan air base since early Monday.
Victims
The plane was piloted by 2Lt.
John Wasson.
Other officers and crew members included:
2 Lt. Frederick E. Neal
2 Lt. Joe Ferio
Pvt. Murty Huckaby
SSgt. Stephen Safka
Sgt. Henry Pelletier
SSgt. Ernest Breier
2 Lt. Charles Beaucond
SSgt. Henry Peterson
SSgt. Robert Story
Sgt. Alman Porter
~
Galiuro Mountains is a mountain range in Graham County near Safford in the state of Arizona (AZ) which climbs to 5,791 feet (1,765.10 meters) above sea level. Located at latitude - longitude coordinates of N 32.60007 and W -110.350642.
This range covers an area of approximately 800 square miles. Of all the Galiuro Mountains peaks, Bassett Peak is the tallest at 7663 feet, Reiley Peak, Kennedy Peak, Muskhog Mountain, and Rockhouse Peak are some of the other high peaks.
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