Richard, He was a U.S. Army pilot but your mention of the Chinese training at Tallahassee is fascinating. Is the crash you mention the one at the sinks south of Tallahassee in the National Forest? I walked the nature trail there once and you can still see the wreckage of the plane. I don't remember the details from the trail guide. By the way, my dad was in training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola at about that same time and tells a fascinating story about the crew of a German U-Boat coming ashore and knocking out a couple of guards at a fuel depot but being discovered before they could set it afire. I assume this is probably the same U-Boat that sailed into the harbor at Apalachicola, where locals claimed the Germans bought some fresh fruit and vegetables before heading back into the Gulf. Navy pilots out of Pensacola found the sub off Cape San Blas and sank it. Dale Richard White <rw@pone.com> wrote: > >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 >

DNDothan@cs.com wrote: >Richard, > >He was a U.S. Army pilot but your mention of the Chinese training at Tallahassee is fascinating. Is the crash you mention the one at the sinks south of Tallahassee in the National Forest? I walked the nature trail there once and you can still see the wreckage of the plane. I don't remember the details from the trail guide. > >By the way, my dad was in training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola at about that same time and tells a fascinating story about the crew of a German U-Boat coming ashore and knocking out a couple of guards at a fuel depot but being discovered before they could set it afire. I assume this is probably the same U-Boat that sailed into the harbor at Apalachicola, where locals claimed the Germans bought some fresh fruit and vegetables before heading back into the Gulf. Navy pilots out of Pensacola found the sub off Cape San Blas and sank it. > >Dale > In Fort Myers where I grew up there was a tradition that ein Unterseeboot sailed up the Caloosahatchee and maybe dropped off a couple of spies. Whether or not there was any truth to the story, though, I haven't a clue... The Chinese pilot's remains... what I heard was that the plane was found in a swamp, so, it sounds like what you describe... where else would a plane be likely to be lost hereabouts? But I just don't know the details... never did. I do recall a short item about the discovery being published in the Democrat, but I don't even recall the year. My best guess would be 1969, but it could have been anytime between 1967 and 1970. I believe that it was in the Winter, though, and that lack of foliage at that time of year helped with the search. RW