Iron Mountain Oregon RCAF Lancaster wreck

[dweller]

I just learned that there was a Lancaster crash in SW Oregon in 1953. I can find very little on the web about the crash. I am going to try to locate the crash site but don't know if there is much left up there. Seems like maybe some salvage occurred at the time of the crash and there may have been more salvage in the 80s. Anyone been up there?

[Left Seat]

Canadian Lancaster Bomber:
Mk10MR KB992 Code RX995
407 Squadron
Left Comox, British Columbia, Canada, heading to San Diego transporting repair parts for another 407 Squadron airplane.
Crashed into East side Iron Mountain (4100 feet) in heavy rain at 4000 foot level, Siskiyou Mountains, Coos County, Oregon
May 26, 1953


http://home.comcast.net/~dina.shaylor/lew_chronicle/articles/2012/05-20-2012-article.html

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.542781969115582.1073741836.100001513500797&type=3

[dweller]

An older guy I know in Port Orford was telling me about this crash the other day. He lived in the area at the time and remembers when it happened. He was recently near the crash sight. I will likely go up there on my motorcycle soon to check it out...