On June 28, 1943, a B-17 enroute from Pendleton, OR to Grand Island, NE crashed in the Big Horn Mountains. There were 10 crew members aboard. The wreckage was not located until 1945. In 1946, the mountain on which the plane crashed was named Bomber Mountain. (Madsen)
County:
Johnson
Feature Category:
Land Features
More Reading:
The bomber mountain crash : a Wyoming mystery by R. Scott Madsen. Buffalo, Wyo. : Mountain Man Pub., 1990.
