onereader Posted November 21, 2017 Share #26 Posted November 21, 2017 Amazing thread! Thank you so much for all you did and for sharing it here! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share #27 Posted November 21, 2017 Amazing thread! Thank you so much for all you did and for sharing it here! Sue Thank you Sue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted November 21, 2017 Share #28 Posted November 21, 2017 Great thread & story. These young women (Marie was only 20!) took on a real challenging job way back in 1943 & 1944. I have always had tremendous admiration & respect for these Fly Girls! May they all be flying high for eternity. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram957 Posted November 23, 2017 Share #29 Posted November 23, 2017 Great thread.....great story.....GREAT WORK P59A ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted January 8, 2018 Share #30 Posted January 8, 2018 Thanks for this. Great thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #31 Posted January 8, 2018 Thanks for this. Great thread. Thank you! Nice collection you have!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #32 Posted January 8, 2018 Thanks for this. Great thread. Thank you! Nice collection you have!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle5036 Posted April 5, 2018 Share #33 Posted April 5, 2018 Great thread on a WWII WASP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share #34 Posted April 6, 2018 Great thread on a WWII WASP. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #35 Posted March 17, 2021 This was in another post of mine. It a WASP Wing belonging to Marie N Michell Robinson. She died along with the pilot and flight engineer when the B-25 she was copilot of crashed in the Mojave. Her brother gave them to me as a thank you for returning her personal effects recovered at the crash site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow 1986 Posted March 17, 2021 Share #36 Posted March 17, 2021 "Thanks so much for your efforts to honor the memory of those who died in the service of our country, especially Marie." That says it all right there. What a terrific piece of history you're looking after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted March 17, 2021 Share #37 Posted March 17, 2021 Wow, what a wonderful thing to be able to do for her family. Well done and thank you for sharing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram957 Posted March 17, 2021 Share #38 Posted March 17, 2021 Outstanding all around ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathbonemuseum.com Posted March 17, 2021 Share #39 Posted March 17, 2021 This is a great story and so much more than the wings pictured. I have attached a few of the larger stories explaining how the OP and team found the site after all those years due to misleading assumptions from the crash reports. Once they sorted the mistake, they were able to find the unmolested site. Amazing. Those are great standard issue Josten WASP graduation wings. Cheers, Tod https://www.aircraftwrecks.com/artifacts/b25_wasp.htm https://trib.com/news/national/family-receives-watch-wedding-band-from-crash/article_33dc4e9a-ea47-57e1-91c2-00482a4bed1f.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-may-30-me-marie30-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted March 17, 2021 Share #40 Posted March 17, 2021 Wow. Thanks ever so much for sharing this. I've been sitting here for 45 minutes reading all this. Amazing that you found the site and recovered those things for all three flyers. I know how I would feel is someone found the crash site of Uncle Harold's plane, so that must have been amazing for the families. Thanks for sharing! Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #41 Posted March 17, 2021 Patrick is on the left and I am on the right. We are on the exact spot everything was found. To the left of that bush by my knee is were Lt. Rosado's items were found. I am on top of were Marie's items were found and Patrick is on top of the spot Sgt. Walkers things were found. Parachute parts were all over that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #42 Posted March 17, 2021 These are Lt. Rosado's wings and affects found at the crash site. Everything was returned at grave side to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #43 Posted March 17, 2021 That bent ring below the key belonged to Sgt. Walker. His grandson, named after him was a Senior Master Sgt. USAF and permission to visit the crash site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #44 Posted March 17, 2021 Marie, Lt. Rosado and Sgt. Walker. The marker we placed at the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share #45 Posted March 17, 2021 A link to Pat's web site covering all the crash sites he and we have been to. http://aircraftwrecks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted March 18, 2021 Share #46 Posted March 18, 2021 What do you typically do with the artifacts found at each site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share #47 Posted March 18, 2021 Aircraft or personal? Personal is returned to NOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share #48 Posted March 18, 2021 These are my file cabinets and they are crammed with mishap reports, news story's and info found on the web. I break my info down by aircraft type and date of crash. Pat breaks his down by geographic location and dated. I color code my files, anything in read I have been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuftStalg1 Posted March 18, 2021 Share #49 Posted March 18, 2021 Do you recover any bits and pieces of the A/C or just identifiable personal items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-59A Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share #50 Posted March 19, 2021 Aww, ok. Pat only takes photo's and tidbits of plexy, skin and a small part with a prefix numbers. Things that will fit in a plastic file holder, like in my files. I will do things like the framed reminder and put that on my wall as a reminder to dig for more information. It took me four years to track down NOK on those items. As to actual aircraft parts, the laws very from place to place and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The Navy/Marines owns all of its crash sites no matter fatal or not for all time. The USAF washed its hands of ownership of mishaps before 1956, but local and federal law might protect them under the antiquities act on federal lands, but state lands may have their own rules. It's a real cluster f of rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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