Armer Mountain, AZ :: C-47 Wreckage

[asudevil311]

Anybody here possibly have the gps coordinates and/or decent instructions on how to get to the C-47 wreckage on the west side of Armer Mountain? I went camping up at Workman's Creek recently with friends and when I got back home my neighbor informed me of the site being up there and it got me curious. Any help would be appreciated.

[The_Eagle]

We were up there last year July as part of a larger hike, casually looked with no luck.

Here's our triplog and gps track.
http://hikearizona.com/photoset=25933

You can read through these. I'm sure there are more.
http://www3.gendisasters.com/arizona/40 ... ,-dec-1951
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2 ... 299,417751
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1 ... =6014,8376

[kingsnake]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelostdut ... 105180113/

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... d=44061802&

Also, 2/18/52 issue of Life Magazine ( http://2neatmagazines.com/life/1952.html )

Joe Baugher listing: http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_5.html (Tail # 44-76266)

[kingsnake]

Ah-ha! I knew I had this site bookmarked somewhere: http://planecrashmap.com/map/az/

Zoom in on th appropriate area. It is a green ? marker. Click it for details.

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Looks like about 1300 down a steep slope from the peak top. Make sense since the news accounts say the rescuers (or recoverers) had to crawl on hands and knees due to the terrain.

[Nighthiker]

Post if you locate details of the crash cause.