Roger, I have heard of the one Richard mentioned and think it was the crash at Leon Sinks Geological Area south of Tallahassee. The wreckage there is definitely of World War II origin. I've heard of the Tate's Hell crash too. Plus there was the huge one in Marianna when the bomber exploded. There are several other missing planes from the 40s and 50s in Northwest Florida that have never been located. Dale caverarch@aol.com wrote: >Regarding this human remains recovery project:? do you recall if the Civil Air Patrol and its cadets were involved?? I was a member of the Panama City cadet squadron in my teens, and we participated in a 1966 or 1967 recovery effort that (if I recall correctly) involved the pilot of a jet that had crahsed some years before.? The location for this search was in the memorably and aptly named Tate's Hell swamp. > >I don't recall any FSU ROTC people in particular there, but lots of folks were involved.? One of our (adult) pilots could have met the same fate as Dale's when he buzzed the campsite at treetop level in the PC squadron's WWII-vintage fabric-covered L-5 observation plane. > >Roger G. Moore >Houston > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Richard White <rw@pone.com> >To: fljackso@rootsweb.com >Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 6:06 pm >Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash > > > > >A question, Dale:  Was the pilot in question U.S. or Chinese?  I >understand that a goodly number of Nationalist Chinese pilots were >trained at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee.  Some of my roommates at FSU >in the late 1960s were ROTC cadet officers.  They used 1940s reports of >a downed training aircraft the crash site of which was not located then, >and recovered the remains of a Nationalist Chinese pilot.  I believe >that the crash site was in Wakulla County... but it might have been >southern Leon County... > >I wish that I had paid more attention back then.  These same guys had >something to do with getting the battle streamer for FSU ROTC units. > >RW > >DNDothan@cs.com wrote: > >>I am trying to find the location of a 1944 military plane crash that happened >in or near Two Egg.  Does anyone know anything about this? >> >>It was a training aircraft that struck a tree when the pilots where buzzing >local homes for practice. The nephew of one of the men killed is trying to find >the location so he can visit the place this fall. >> >>If anyone has any memories or has heard anything about this, please drop me a >line. >> >>Thanks, >>Dale Cox >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In case anyone is interested in collecting this kind of information on Florida as a whole...... When I served on the Sarasota County Historical Commission I interviewed a number of old-timers who told me the same story. WWII era planes crashed during training near Bee Ridge (currently Bee Ridge Road - actual crash site near modern Wilkinson and Honore) and in Myakka near the current Hidden River Development. Both pilots were killed and I guess it caused quite a stir. The planes were training from the Sarasota Army Air Force Base (our current airport) which was indeed widely used for such purposes in WWII. P-40 training was done there, although I do not know what kind of planes went down. Just thought someone might be interested. Phil DNDothan@cs.com wrote: > Roger, > > I have heard of the one Richard mentioned and think it was the crash at Leon Sinks Geological Area south of Tallahassee. The wreckage there is definitely of World War II origin. I've heard of the Tate's Hell crash too. Plus there was the huge one in Marianna when the bomber exploded. > > There are several other missing planes from the 40s and 50s in Northwest Florida that have never been located. > > Dale > > caverarch@aol.com wrote: > > >> Regarding this human remains recovery project:? do you recall if the Civil Air Patrol and its cadets were involved?? I was a member of the Panama City cadet squadron in my teens, and we participated in a 1966 or 1967 recovery effort that (if I recall correctly) involved the pilot of a jet that had crahsed some years before.? The location for this search was in the memorably and aptly named Tate's Hell swamp. >> >> I don't recall any FSU ROTC people in particular there, but lots of folks were involved.? One of our (adult) pilots could have met the same fate as Dale's when he buzzed the campsite at treetop level in the PC squadron's WWII-vintage fabric-covered L-5 observation plane. >> >> Roger G. Moore >> Houston >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard White <rw@pone.com> >> To: fljackso@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 6:06 pm >> Subject: Re: [FLJACKSO] 1944 Two Egg Plane Crash >> >> >> >> >> A question, Dale: Was the pilot in question U.S. or Chinese? I >> understand that a goodly number of Nationalist Chinese pilots were >> trained at Dale Mabry Field in Tallahassee. Some of my roommates at FSU >> in the late 1960s were ROTC cadet officers. They used 1940s reports of >> a downed training aircraft the crash site of which was not located then, >> and recovered the remains of a Nationalist Chinese pilot. I believe >> that the crash site was in Wakulla County... but it might have been >> southern Leon County... >> >> I wish that I had paid more attention back then. These same guys had >> something to do with getting the battle streamer for FSU ROTC units. >> >> RW >> >> DNDothan@cs.com wrote: >> >> >>> I am trying to find the location of a 1944 military plane crash that happened >>> >> in or near Two Egg. Does anyone know anything about this? >> >>> It was a training aircraft that struck a tree when the pilots where buzzing >>> >> local homes for practice. The nephew of one of the men killed is trying to find >> the location so he can visit the place this fall. >> >>> If anyone has any memories or has heard anything about this, please drop me a >>> >> line. >> >>> Thanks, >>> Dale Cox >>> >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FLJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- Phil Stover, President and Senior Partner The Portolan Group, Inc www.portolangroup.com Voice: 941.927.2797 Fax: 941.927.9283 pstover@portolangroup.com Expertise without perseverance is like beauty without substance - Phil Stover

Dale, I'm not surprised.? Military aviation has been such a part of Panhandle history in the 20th century.? There are so many abandoned or adaptively reused WWII fields around, as I'm sure you know.? What I'm afraid has probably disappeared are the military buildings of the WWII era that still survived into the Sixties.? Another Civil Air Patrol function took place at a former Army Air Force field that served as the Apalachicola airport.? There was still at least one huge WWII wooden hanger still standing then.? The air in Jackson County in the Sixties used to hum from overflights by heilicopter pilots in training out of Ft. Rucker.? Are there any known / missing Huey wrecks from that era, as well? Roger ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com