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 >

Richard, Dale Mabry airfield was in TAMPA! I am a Tampa native. June Milton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard White" <rw@pone.com> To: <fljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 7:06 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 >

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

Now that you mention it, both Tate's Hell and CAP cadets have a familiar ring. However, the plane in question was a W.W.II trainer, so far as I am aware... a prop plane, not a jet. Winter of '67 seems right, though. We only lived in a dorm one school year, that being '67-'68, and I'm pretty sure this occurred while we were living in the dorm. I don't claim to have a crisp, clear memory on this, however... <G> RW 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 >