obsydian Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Went by the bottom of Thunder Glacier on Sunday, looks like the glacier has given up a plane wreck. Anybody know the story, when it happened and the circumstances? Wonder how long it's been in the glacier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowell_Skoog Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 It would help if you could provide more clarity on which glacier you're referring to. Is this the Thunder Glacier on Mt Baker or the Thunder Glacier on Mt Buckner? If it's the one on Buckner, I imagine that the NCNP rangers at Marblemount would be interested. If it's the one on Baker, you might check with the USFS rangers at Glacier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsydian Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 Sorry, it is Mt Baker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Is this the Thunder Glacier on Mt Baker http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/480373/an/0/page/0/gonew/1#UNREAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graupel Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 From 1943 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lavalle.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicoli11 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 boom.......thundahttp://molbiol-tools.ca/STORM.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 That is a pretty interesting story. I wouldn't mind visiting the site some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsydian Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 Thanks graupel, interesting story, a piece of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Ditto. I always like to hear when lost souls are returned to the survivors. Kind of helps wrap things up for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsydian Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 This response from the Mt. Baker Ranger District: Here is the information about the plane crash. An internet search of Bellingham and Everett newspapers may reveal more information. Thank you for the heads up that more material is appearing. On August 29, 1943 a NAS Whidbey PV-1 Ventura plane crashed on the west side of Mt. Baker at the Thunder Glacier, killing all 6 crew members. It had taken off at 1:30pm under light rain and fog to practice navigation between Everett and Bellingham. At 3:30 the plane radioed in that they were running on only one of its two 2,000 horsepower Pratt & Whitney engines. That was the plane’s last communication. The Navy spent hours of searching, but found no trace of the wreckage, and it was assumed that it had crashed and sunk in the waters of Puget Sound. On October 6th, 1994, Chuck Eaton, a hiker from Bellingham with his dog Candy hiked up to the area and at noon discovered the plane wreckage, that for 51 years had been buried under the ice of Thunder Glacier. The Navy S& R helicopter flew up to the site in late October and removed the bones of the 6 crew members, lots of live ammunition and other plane parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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