Show CREW un OF 10 DIE IN C F E I 1 II 11 el I 1 1 ten crew members of a flying fortress which crashed wednesday night of last week in rugged snow covered wilson canyon about 0 miles northwest of paris were dead the public relations office of fcc atello aitelli air base reported saturday searchers probed the scattered wreckage ripped to shreds by an explosion and bodies found were torn beyond possibility of identification the dead are second lt harold K X simpson if t fitchburg mass second lt wendell L sims of pasadena calif second lt chalmers Cb almers G wenrich of harrisburg pa second lt thomas J wymond of garden city mich staff mgt john E lazansky of cary ill mgt neal L of nebraska city bebr corporal charles L walker jr of philadelphia pa private first class nicholas M of marlboro mass private joseph R hughes hughus f brandford conn private donald W seaney of wichita kan the entire crew perished peris hedi indications are the aircraft exploded but lt it has not been determined whetham the explosion occurred before ur after the crash the aircraft was not carrying live bombs parts of the four motor borri bomber bc were scattered over a yard radius eyewitnesses said two trees in the immediate area fellors when the bomber struck indication indi catin because of the heavy growth f C trees the ship had nosed almost almast straight into the ground desmond call 22 of soda springs one of the first to roach reach the demolished airplane when it was dincov continued on last page CREW ae OF 10 DIE IN CRASH NEAR HERE continued from page one ered friday reported he only saw parts of bodies sticking through the snow so completely demolished was the I 1 plane not one piece worth salvaging 4 was reported discovered by civilian rescue workers who aided army men at the scene saturday overdue from a routine cross country training flight wednesday night the still smoking wreckage was not discovered until early friday afternoon ground crews saturday labored in five feet of snow as they investigated the wreckage A heavy snowstorm which all but buried the wreckage the day before had cleared the flash from the fortress when it exploded was seen in widely scattered communities over a square mile area in this wild and mountainous country seymour jaussi jauss of paris who was working at the budge ranch near eight mile that evening stated that he had just step out of the bunk house in time to see a flaming object shooting toward the ground he reported hearing no explosion and it was his contentions that the plane had exploded in the air just before he stopped stepped from the house mr jaussi had no idea what had id caused such an incident at the time 0 and it was the following day before he heard of the disaster mr jaussi said it was shortly before nine in the evening when he be witnessed the incident the wrecked plane was first spotted by an army scout plane lete late thursday said mrs maylon lakey whose lonely ranch home air corps men made temporary headquarters william S gagon soda springs and J B bruce montpelier forest ranger were first to reach the crash site as they broke a trail through heavy snows in direction the plane indicated all alton lu bunderson bear lake county sheriff and other local men were among the searching party who scanned the mountain section for two days before locating the wreckage reports from those who saw the gruesome sight were that it would hardly have been possible to gather enough human flesh to account for even one body |