Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:15 am
Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:12 pm
Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless wreckage found in a Pajaro farm field in July is that of a Navy dive bomber that crashed on Jan. 14, 1944. The plane's wreckage was unearthed by workers digging a pipeline trench on farmland along Trafton Road near the Pajaro River levee east of Highway 1. Workmen discovered metal fragments, cartridge casings with headstamps dated 1942, a scorched parachute and other items buried 6 feet deep. Further excavation has turned up more plane parts and bone fragments. 1-page accident report by the Navy states that Ens. Delbert Crammer Goodspeed, with Aviation Radioman 2nd Class Robert Henry Paulson aboard, took off at 7 a.m. that day.
Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:23 pm