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Does anyone know where this is located exactly? I tried a google earth for it but couldnt find it.

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I found this:

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15 Nov 1957: A TB-29, 44-70039, assigned to the
5040th Radar Evaluation Flight, 5040th Consolidation
Maintenance Group, Elmendorf AFB, crashed 39 miles
southeast of Talkeetna at around 1822. The crew had
taken off from Elmendorf AFB at 0954 under instrument
flight rules on a flight path to the Aircraft Control and
Warning radar stations at Campion near Galena and
then Murphy Dome north of Fairbanks. It was on a
ground radar calibration mission. The flight covered
1,800 nautical miles with an estimated ten hours in the
air. The training bomber carried fourteen hours worth
of fuel and a crew of eight plus an instructor pilot. It
was on the final leg of an approach to Elmendorf AFB when the crash occurred. The glacier on which TB-
29, 44-70039, went down became known a “Bomber Glacier,” and became a popular hiking destination with
the scattered wreckage still visible. Officially, the area remained unnamed.


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http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9395&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

http://www.alaska.net/~alpineak/climbs.html

http://www.akhs.atfreeweb.com/Hikes/MintValley.htm#mintbomb

http://www.akhs.atfreeweb.com/TopoPages/Mintbomb_topo_pg.htm

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Page 2 and 3 at the following posting give the details of the last flight of B-29 44-70039:
http://www.alaskawingcaf.org/Alaska%20H ... r12-18.pdf
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Another photo and additional information can be found at:
http://www.thsimagery.com/B29_Info.htm
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I had never heard of this before until now thanks for the links!

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Amazing how well the metal is preserved in that cold environment.
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Ohhhhh GAAAAAAAAAAAreeeeeeeeee! I found something for ya!

(She's gotta be ready for the tour by April. That metal ain't gonna re-rivet itself...)

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Ohhhhh GAAAAAAAAAAAreeeeeeeeee! I found something for ya!

(She's gotta be ready for the tour by April. That metal ain't gonna re-rivet itself...)


Just put it in the pond at Austin Acres. I'll get to it eventually. ;-)

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44-70039 in happier times:
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