A-20H 44-002 crash east of Tucson AZ on August 9, 1945
Copyright © Chris McDoniel
Two Wright Field Service pilots died in the crash of A-20H on August 9, 1945. The crashed occurred during a rain storm on the south side of the Rincon Mountains. First Lieutenant Russell L. Mathern and Captain Holbrook Snyder were fatally injured.
Most of the photos I've posted were taken in the late 1980s.
Landing gear and possible firewall. Photo from my personal collection.
Landing gear from a recent trip to revisit the crash site.
Might have been a battery box. I don’t think it was an ammo can.
Door Lock mechanism? It was hard to read.
Original crash site photo from my personal collection.
Portion of the wing. (P-38.com was my old website.)
Scattered debris at B-18 crash site.
Agassiz Peak