Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-04-26 | Page 1 | Plane Crashes into Waters of Salt Lake

I PLANE CRASHES CRASHES' INTO WATERS OF or SALT LAKE Crew Fate Fafe Unknown i Craft Craff Sighted I Near Northern Shore Special to The Telegram BRIGHAM CITY Fate CITY Fate of the crew of an army medium bomber which crashed into Great Salt lake early Sunday was undetermined Monday as searching parties failed to report from the scene Five men were aboard the craft which left Mather field California near Sacramento on a training mission for Logan via Ogden air depot Hill field Davis county The personnel is composed of a pilot two engineers an instructor and a radio operator The bomber a twin-motored twin Mitchell was waS' sighted late Sunday partially submerged in shallow water in the wasteland area near Promontory Point it was reported from the office of Sheriff Warren Tyde of Box Elder county Public relations officers at Hill field were noncommittal and re refused refused refused re- re fused to confirm or deny whether the crew had escaped According to the sheriffs sheriff's of office lice no sign of life Ufe was seen near the bomber The sheriffs sheriff's searching party which is composed of 17 or 18 men including army officers had not reported back from the crash scene Army jeeps eeDs were bein being scene Army jeeps eeDs were bein being used to transport the party over the rough country Before the craft had been sighted a squadron of bombers from Mather field several advanced advanced advanced ad ad- training planes from Elko Nev and planes from Wendover field Hill HiU field and the army airbase air air airbase base Salt SaltS Lake City were used the search It was understood the bomber had been flying the radio beam which would lend credence to a theory mechanical trouble was the fault It was not known whether the plane had contacted Hill field although it was only 50 fiO miles north and west of the field when it crashed A United Press Pres dispatch originating originating originating from Mather field said army officials had notified next of km kin of the crew personnel