Florida Aircraft Wrecks

Wildchild · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:18 pm

Ok, here's part one of the list, and at the bottom of this post I will leave a link to the page that I left off on. (I'm not finished with this yet)

If one of the planes is underlined, like this, it means that someone has sent me information about that airframe stating that is definatly gone or destroyed.
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B-26B4 41-1811 91 ld (??) Tampa Bay

P-40F 41-14394 10 Miles N.W. New Point Ritchey (Pilot listed as KIA)

P-39 41-7027 3 Miles South Horseshoe Point (Mid-Air, no KIA)
41-7241

P-47C 41-6099 9 Miles East Tallahassee (Engine fire, crash in middle of forest. Currently scattered houses in the aera)

P-39D 41-38327 1 Mile off Gulf Shore

A-20B 41-2671 19 Miles S.W. Fort Myers (KIA)

P-40K 42-10384 5 Miles N.W. Panacea (Bailed out, crash site would be island/ marsh)

F-84E 49-2106 10 Miles S.W. Fort Walton

F-51D 44-73574 10 Miles South Fort Walton

B-29A 44-61657 6 Miles S.E. MacDill A.F.B. (The rumors of a crashed B-29 in Tampa Bay were true!! geek

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P-40M 43-5610 1.5 Miles off Longboat Key

B-34 41-38058 100 Miles off Melbourne

B-25C 42-53486 16 S.E. Tyndall A.F.B. (Positive ditch)

AT-6C 42-3955 4 Miles S.E. Eglin into Choctawatchee (From what I read, there are about 20 here...)

P-40F 41-14336 17 Miles North Bradenton, center of Tampa Bay

B-25D 41-29986 11 Miles South of Apalachiola (KIA)

AT-6 41-406 Into Gulf of Mexico (MIA)

P-40M 43-5571 5 Miles S.W. Venice

RB-26A 41-7452 Into Tampa Bay (KIA)

AT-6A 41-393 Into Gulf of Mexico 15 Miles South Fort Myers Beach (Killed while attempting to ditch)

RB-34 41-38080 Approx. 25 Miles N.E. Boca Chica A.B.

P-39D 41-38326 10 Miles W.S.W. Page Feild (middle of shipping channel...)

AT-6B 41-17291 9 Miles West Valpariso Range #27

P-40N 41-23779 25 Miles S.W. Pinellas A.A.F.

B-24D 42-94956 11 Miles S Panama City (crash landing)

P-40N 43-24623 60 Miles offshore, 5 Miles South Perry Feild

AT-6A 41-16487 11 Miles South Valparosp
42-4084

AT-11 41-27422 12 Miles West Panama City

B-24H 42-7675 25 Miles S.E. Fort Myers (Large swamp, listed as having landed due to "Personal Injury"...???)

P-51C 42-103733 4 Miles South Ogla
42-103811

OA-14 42-38355 6 Miles West Lake Trafford (Forest)

P-40N 43-23206 25 Miles S.W. Largo (KIA)

P-40N 43-22917 18 Miles S.E. Punta Gorda (KIA)

P-40N 43-24581 5.5 Miles S.E. Punta Gorda

B-17F 43-3471 35 Miles N.W. Tampa (Listed as Destroyed by friendly fire...)

C-54A 42-72264 4 Miles off Buck Harbor (KIA)

P-51D 44-15197 5 Miles S.E. Punta Gorda
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/ ... offset=725

Chris

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:44 pm

This book lists hundreds of USAAF aviation accidents that occurred in Florida:

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php? ... 864-2106-0

Wildchild · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:47 pm

I think the website that I posted is essentually the same, yet I posted wrecks that could still be where they crashed

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:53 pm

Quote: WildChild:
P-40F 41-14394 10 Miles N.W. New Point Ritchey (Pilot listed as KIA)

That would be New Port Richey.

You also might want to check out the book by Bob Widner.

TM

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:56 pm

Wildchild wrote:

I think the website that I posted is essentually the same,

No, it's not. This book lists and summarizes in detail several hundred fatal Florida USAAF crashes that occurred during WWII.

This book has over 32,000 individual index entries; over 15,500 names of USAAF personnel killed in the states during WWII; over 7,500 aircraft serial numbers listed in the index. These volumes summarize over 6,350 fatal USAAF aviation accidents that occurred in the Continental United States during the Second World War. There is no website that duplicates what these volumes contain.

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php? ... 864-2106-0

RandolphB · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:30 pm

Guess this means us Florida folks need to form the "WIX Society" and start looking for them all.......

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:38 pm

There has been a lot of work already:

http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/robert-w ... 58720.html

Bob Widner has an interesting book that treats military aviation accidents in Florida during WWII and he is out there probably right now looking for planes.

The Widner book and the Mireles book are a pretty good start.

TonyM · **Posted:** Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:42 pm

RandolphB wrote:

Guess this means us Florida folks need to form the "WIX Society" and start looking for them all.......

There is an existing community of "Wreckchasers" in Florida and Geogia. You guys should try and find them and go out in the field with them.

http://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=170694

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:43 pm

TonyM wrote:

RandolphB wrote:

Guess this means us Florida folks need to form the "WIX Society" and start looking for them all.......

There is an existing community of "Wreckchasers" in Florida and Geogia. You guys should try and find them and go out in the field with them.

http://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/?forum=170694

Yeah! Since the sites are way too close to any civilization for TIGHAR to be interested, too many nosey Parkers for them.

TonyM · **Posted:** Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:42 pm

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gary1954 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:42 pm

these crashed aircraft, do the records indicate whether or not the remains of the crashed aircraft were recovered by the AAF or USAF? I know that the B-25J that crashed in Pine Mountain, Ga on 1 October 1953 was policed up by the AF guys and taken to Lawson Field for disposal. all that is left are small, and I do mean small bits and pieces.

TonyM · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:15 pm

gary1954 wrote:

these crashed aircraft, do the records indicate whether or not the remains of the crashed aircraft were recovered by the AAF or USAF? I know that the B-25J that crashed in Pine Mountain, Ga on 1 October 1953 was policed up by the AF guys and taken to Lawson Field for disposal. all that is left are small, and I do mean small bits and pieces.

Some AAF accident reports indicate the final dispostion, some do not. They mostly take up the big pieces and leave all the little stuff behind. If the area is very remote, they only recover bodies, ammo and military sensitvie items. Been to a lot of crash sites. Some times there is not a lot left. Like the F-84 site I went to in AZ (non fatal). The only real recognizable piece was the engine; the shaft was bent almost 90 degrees from the 700+ mph nose down impact. Nothing left but thousands of small pieces. The immediate terrain looked like it was covered in silver dollars. There is just no easy way to remove it all in the 100 degree sun.

TM

Wildchild · **Posted:** Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:23 pm

Remote aera's such as... middle of a swamp?

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