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Show - - - - - - - - - - SevenCAP SeV Seven 1J CAP Air Aircraft A&caft Acaft & raft ; SearchFor Search SearchFor Search.For SearchFor . For Lost Lash , Bomber Here Planes Cover Mounto.i.n Mountoi.n Mountoin Mountain MountainRegion MountaixLRegion . Region Near Verna.lI Venial Verna.l Vernal . I , , Without Finding ClueI Clueg ClueSeven Clue I ' g Seven 0 C CAP A P planes lanes arrived In InVernal InVernal InVernal Vernal Friday after atter spending apendJnjf 4week a 4 aweek aweek week tn In the vicinity of Meeker COlo . , In a . search for a lost bomber , which went down on its flight fUght from fromSalt fromSalt Salt Lake to Pratt Pratt , , Kas Ka.s . Captain Captatn A- A - AD AB A . - B D am om Ot1J of ot the Second Air Fo Force ForceCommand e eCOmmand command at Colo Coo ) Springs Spfings asaembled . , as- as asaembled - aembled sembled the Civil ctvU Air Atr Patrol plan planet plane , and crewa orews crews here to Continuesearch continue (8 8 . ( (8search search In the mountains north north . , east and south of thto thJs this area . . . Captain Oaptan ! GUI Oill 0111 wax was accompanied , to toVernal toVernal Vernal Thursday by Captain Oaptain Mere- Mere Meredith Meredith - dith Joaelyn J06eIyn Joeelyn They landed their- their theirplanes theirplanes - planes at the airport on Buma Stun BumaBench StunBench Bench east cut of town . . , Because ilecause of o ( theinconvenience theinconvenience tba the inconvenience lft f * fJ * Ajk * > - * A- A - - - ot of traveltng traveling between betweenthe betweenthe Ithe the airport and town their planes planca planeswere plancawere were transferred to the former fonner Guy Ouy GuySamuels OuySamuela Samuels Samuela field owned by Van Mu- Mu MM- MM Muaey MMaey - sey aey This Th1a Tlrls field was waa put In shape by bythe bythe the county grader and the approaching ap- ap appreaching approaching - - preaching proaching roada toads were also graded gra4ed gra4edTuesday gradedTuesday Tuesday night Capt 0111 QUI Oql was of ofthe ofthe the opinion that the lost loot bomber bomberhad bomberhad had grounded somewhere aomewhere along alOrlB tho tha thowest thawest west slope elope ( ope of ot the Rockies and anddecided . decided to move his h1a base to Eagle Ea e , . Colo 0010 On Wednesday mornhig momlng morning th tho the thoplanes theplanes planes were transferred to thl this & thisfield thl field to continue their operatlon operations operationsDuring During the time that the planes planeswere planeswere were based at Vernal they covereda covered a strip 60 milea mUes miles wide along thetrue the thetrue thetrue true course that ttA the th ' lost bomberwas INmber bomber INmberwas bomberwas was believed to have traveled A Alumber Apumber ( pumber lumber of persons persona reported tha thatthey that they had seen lIcen the plane pane ) Novem- Novem November November November - ber 18 the day that It started the thetragic thetragic thetragic tragic flight It left the airport at atBaIt atSalt Salt BaIt Lake at 8 24 a m and made madecontact madecontact contact with Pratt a halt half hourafter how-after how after hour hourafter - after leaving The plane was 8eenas aeenas seen 8een aeen as It flew new over the East Porte Park area . area.North areaNorth . North of Vernal following a coursesouth coU11l course coursesouth south of east Later the phmo plane planewas phmowas planawas was seen over Brush Creek . , and anc1 anc1then andthen then near Rangely Colo 0010 It was waslaat waslast last laat noticedI noticedThe noticed noticedThe noticedThe . The lost plane was a twin en engine en- en englne engine - I gine glne Martin B 28 bomber and ant ! car carried car- car carried carried - - ried a crew of or fivte ftV'e ftVe five ' rubn m men n It waa was on oft ona ofta otta a routine flight fUght from Salt BaIt Batt Lake LeJte hake to tothe the Pratt Kas Ses air base When tho the theplane theplane thoplane plane did not report at the fieldi f1 field ld 1 I hursday afternoon aCternoon the war depar- depar deparmont deparmont depar-mont depar mont - mont bcf&n bcfn bcfa.n bcfan befan & . checking and ana and rrt 1"rt 1rt r'rt " ' MaJor Ma Major Ma- Ma MaI MaJor - jor P H Hinkley H1nk1ey the 0 C A P 1 jP ? lla-son lla son 118- 118 Ifs- Ifs 118son Ifsson - son officer omcer Colorado Springs 6prings Springsat , . I at Second Air Force was orderecl ordered ordered0 ordereclto orderedto to organize a searching aearchins party partyfor partyfor for the missing mwing plane The anny army annyair armyair air corps are of ot the opinion opln1on , frominformation from frominformation Information received , that theplane theplane the theplane plane went down 8O somewhere 1ewhere elth- elth eith- eith elthed eithed - - ed between Meeker and the Utah UtahUne Utahline . line Une or between Meeker and th tha the thaConUnental theContinental Continental ConUnental divide divideCaptain divideCaptain Captain GUI om 0111 of the Civil AirPatrol Air AirPatrol Patrol was WWJ ordered to Meeker with withinstructions withinstructions Instructions to cover all temtory territory territorywest west of principal meridian 108 106 100 100The 106The The territory east of that area Ia Is Iabeing Isbeing being covered by heavier planes planesbased . . based at tlie the Peterson PeteI1lOn field Capt . . Gill om Dill used eight planes In his searchat searcb search searchat at Meeker and whenever weather weatherpermitted : permitted combed the territory tqrltory teyritory be- be between between be - tween there Ilnd pnd and the Utah line end and andnorth endnorth north and south between the Oolo- Oolo 0010- 0010 001o- 001o Oolorado 0010rado 001oado - - rado ado and Yampa riversThe riversThe rivers The missing plane would look . : grey ; rey from the ground said Capt.GUI CaptGUI Capt . , om till as the under side aide of the artnT army artnTplanes armyManes armyplanes planes Manes are painted a light Ught grey greyThe greyThe greyThe The search 8Carch over the mountai mountai- mountainous mountainous mountairous - nous rous area in high altitude alUtude is ex- ex ox- ox oxremely extremely ex extremely - tremely remely hazardous said the cap cap- capain . - tain taln ain The pilots pUots are all experten- experten experlen- experlen expertenced - ced ; ed In this particular parttcular type of or fiyng fly- fly fiy- fiy flying - Ing ng and are doing a splendid Job JobThe jobthe The search requires that the planescruise planes planescruise planesruise cruise ruise only a few hundred feetIbove feetabove feet . above Ibove the surface as tt It would be 1mpossible tmwssible tm- tm 1m- 1m tmpossible ' - possible wssible to detect fragments of thelust the thelost theust lost ust plane at high altitudesBesides altitudes altitudesBesides altitudesBesides Besides Capt Oapt 0111 Gill and Capt CaptJovelyn Capttovelyn CaptJovelyn Jovelyn tovelyn the personnel of thesearching the theearching < ; ear'IJlng earIJlng earching ( ' group Included Captains'nos Captain CaptainEnOB Enos EnOB s'nos snos ' of Salt Lake City First flrst Lt LtItf'x Lttax LtIlex Itf'x Itfx tax ' Hwell H Iwell well ) squadron commanderGrand commander , . Grand 3rand Junction JW1cUon First Lt NormanCramer NormanKramer Norman NormanKramer Kramer Cramer Alamosa Alamooa Colo Secondf Secondt Second SecondLt Lt t Harry Shipman Grand Orand Junc- Junc Jtmc- Jtmc Jtmcton Junction - lion tion ton Second Lt M F Gramesedar Grames GramesI I Cedar ; edar City ctty Utah Sgt frank Prank Hop- Hop flop- flop Hopson flopon - son on Sal Salt t La Lake ke Flight Flliht Officer Oftlcer M P PMarsh Psiarsh PMarsh Marsh siarsh Salt .lt lt B . . Lake 8gt Sgt Ja&k Jak J'bak Jbak J9sk ' & Tur Turner TtIr- TtIr Tm- Tm TtIrner TmIer - ner Ier Grand Orand Junction Sgt Nelson N NelsonBigham lson lsonBrigham Brigham Bigham City Cpl Henry Knud- Knud Knttd- Knttd Knudcn Knttden Knud-sen Knud sen - , > cn en Brigham City Pvt Stanley StanleyHI StanleyIt Hi It well weIl Pvt Robert Beers and wUe wife wifePit , . p 'v v ' , t Irene Beers Durango Coior Colov Colo Coio ivt r v . t Miles MUes M Blehm Biehm and Pvtdark Pvt PvtClark Pvtlark Clark ; lark Skinner SkllUler Colorado SpringsI'vt SpringsIvt Springs Springspvt Springs'vt pvt ' 'vt vt ' Howard Flemmtng Flemming DenverThe Denver DenverThe , The seven ships shlp.s shlps . used at Vernalwere Vernal VernalIere Vernalere \ ! - ere all 1\1 1 \ ] privately owned cabin ilr11 'llr llr nlr 'llrII nlrraft ' II raft aft made ml\de ml de \ available avaUable to the ( " C ( " A fby r ' If * ' I\-ere I ere by ) y assignment signment a . < > f C ) Ir ) r missions ml slons < > they theymay theynay may nay have to perforn In the tlle carriersciilcf canier carrier carriereivlcr 'I I ' - < eivlcr ' Ie ! The largest < ; ship hip was WM a aV ati Vv V . ti o 0 oS 4 ' ilacp 7Iace ' " > lact ' Wi 21t5 11\ 11 11h \ ' ) h hp P piloted byC byapt by Capt C ; apt pt locelvn Jocelvn foeelvn three threeere were \\ere ere \ Ta Talor Taylor TalorCra Taylorra > } lorCra Cra- Cra Crats ra - ts Is 65 h p piloted pUoted by LtGrames Lt . , . Grames frames Le Turner Capt Enos Enosand Enosgrid Enosand and grid Capl Capt . Gill a 1\ 1 \ 165 65 h p Aeronca Aeroncawaa Aeroncaras was waa ras piloted by Sgt Nelson and a75 a . 75 5 h p Funr was flown by Pvt . . Beers BeN'S BeNS leers ' leersThe The be ' ! officers ofllcera otfcera were profu&e profue profuse prof & on o theirpraise their theirpraise theirraise praise raise of the hospitality h05p1taUty accordedy accorded accordedby accordedby by y people o of ( Vernal and surtOUl\- surtOUl surrourrk- surrourrk surrourrkltng surroun surrounding surtOUlding \ - ding ltng area during durlns their stay ata.1 ata1 . . , iThByrefenfd iTbhy iTbhyefetred , 11 " * ) " refeaed efetred to Francis FrancLt , V rteltch Feltcb ltch fla S as their U1eIr U1eIruaorfa.t.hAr theirOorlathm "Oorrathw Oorrathw uaorfa.t.hAr uaorfat.hAr uaorfathAr Oorlathm " . " ' " for fof thA the Ume time he be ( ftalwIn TaIe TaIen nt ntIn In n caring earlnir tor for tneir their wants wanta and aDd asids- asids asda- asda as- as ! asidstConttnmd asdacanttnUNI asCanttnwd - -tConttnm-d tConttnm d - \ ( \canttnUNI canttnUNI Canttnwd - on Page Pace ttTM UftJ fie ! _ - - - - Seven CAP OAP Aircrafty Aircraft y , , Search for Lost BomberContinued Bomber BomberContinued ( Continued from trom page pa V8 e t " on one 1 > ) 1ting ting t1ng them m in making arrangement.1)for arrangement.1for arrangement1for arran8emenutor arrangementsfor arran8emenu arrangements . ) tor for their stay .h h . here f They werealso were also 111$0 1110 $ appreciative of the courtesiesextended courtesies courtesiesextended courtesiesextended extended by Sheriff Sber11f H M SnYder SnYderand Snyderand and his office omce the th city marshalliiand marshaUS marshallSS marshaUSand marshallSSand and county commissioners - |