| Show Father of Lost Flier Locates Wreck After Long Search LOS ANGELES May 7 UP G. jp-G. G G. G B. B Burns who vowed hed he'd never rest until his sons son's body was found has discovered wreckage identified a as s that of an a aeral army transport which carried Major General General General Gen Gen- eral Herbert A A. Dargue and seven other army men to death December 12 Burns from Spokane Wash came to southern California last I week end to search for the body I of his son Lieutenant Homer C C. Burns of March Field Cal Cat copilot copilot copilot co co- co- co pilot of ot the Dargue plane With him came Lieutenant Burns' Burns widow widow widow wid wid- ow a brother and sister in The army had sought in vain for forthe forthe forthe I the craft After Atter five days of skiing over treacherous trails in rugged snow snow- covered mountains they came upon the wreckage at dusk Wednesday night In Washington D D. C C. the war department announced that wreckage wreckage wreckage wreck wreck- age of the plane had been found in m mountainous country near Bishop Cal The wreckage was sighted from the air and ground parties are on the way to the scene the army said Burns Burn'S reported Immediately to army air force officials He said he found a belt which he identified Identified identified fied as his sons son's He saw one body and scattered clothing He did not probe the wreckage leaving that to the army Neither did he search for other bodies Aboard the plane when it left Phoenix Ariz the morning of December 12 for Hamilton field near San Francisco were General Herbert A A. Dargue of Washington D D. C C. commander of ot I the First air force Colonel Charles W. W Bundy general staff Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Colonel George W W. Ricker i general staff Washington Major Hugh F F. McCaffery Mitchel field L L. I I. I Captain J J. O O. Leavitt listed I as the pilot Lieutenant Homer C. C Burns copilot Staff Sergeant Stephen Hoffman March Field Cal Private Samuel J. J Van Hamm March Field Cal The Burns party began their search in Isolated rugged snow- snow covered mountains last Saturday They enlisted an ati expert skier to guide them along treacherous trails in the vicinity a rancher reported reported reported re re- re- re ported he heard a large airplane in difficulty about the time the ilie Dargue transport might have passed over Heavy snowbanks h hi hindered i n d e ere r e d them I |
