anyone know if the 2 B-17's in American Falls Resovoir in

n5151ts · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:47 pm

American Falls Idaho have been recovered?

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:53 pm

the fk??do tell more!!

n5151ts · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:25 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:

:shock:

the fk??do tell more!!

flying out of the AAF base just outside pocatello idaho ditched in american falls reservoir on two different occasions while on training missions. strangely they ditched fairly close to each other as it was on the runway heading. in the mid 70's they drained the dam to build a new one and the tails of the planes became visible so the navy was called in to blow the tails off the planes which they did. I love our ...uh..."government of the people by the people and for the people" the aircraft were very intact until that act of vandalism.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:47 pm

what was the great reasoning for blowing up the tails?? :bs:

n5151ts · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:02 pm

tom d. friedman wrote:

what was the great reasoning for blowing up the tails?? :bs:

they were exposed when the reservoir was lowered to build a replacement dam.

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:32 pm

n5151ts,
I have never heard of this. Do you have the Lon and Lat?

Where in the reservoir?

This is the only one I know about.
http://utahhikes.net/cityofrocks/b17crash/crash2.shtml

n5151ts · **Posted:** Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:56 pm

Bluedharma wrote:

n5151ts,
I have never heard of this. Do you have the Lon and Lat?

Where in the reservoir?

This is the only one I know about.
http://utahhikes.net/cityofrocks/b17crash/crash2.shtml

they took off and experienced engine problems and ditched in the reservoir.

L. Thompson · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:01 am

I have also heard a nice P-47 was near the shore and was blown up as well.

n5151ts · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:05 pm

the P-47 crashed in the back water area on the Fort Hall indian reservation. My neighbor was at the crash scene. the plane went nose first into the marshy mud at a high rate of speed and he said there was nothing but a big hole with twisted metal. the pilot was thrown clear but was dead.
there is an alleged P-47 in the hills around Pocatello but I was never able to find any corroboration of that one.

L. Thompson · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:40 pm

I think the Fort Hall P-47 must be different because several Boise area folk who knew their aircraft spoke of it in the 70's to me. I believe John Lane once commented on it here on WIX also.

It was described to me to be in very good shape. I think it was blown up before 1972-73.

L. Thompson · **Posted:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:41 pm

I think the Fort Hall P-47 must be different because several Boise area folk who knew their aircraft spoke of it in the 70's to me. I believe John Lane once commented on it here on WIX also.

It was described to me to be in very good shape. I think it was blown up before 1972-73.

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