Wreckage from the Lombard...

Wreckage from the Lombard...

Wreckage from the Lombard crash site.
SusanM
on Nov 6, 2005 9:40 pm
Image ID: 135074

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MoapaPk

MoapaPk - Apr 18, 2014 11:06 am - Voted 10/10

not quite

This is actually wreckage from a much smaller plane that crashed in 1947. The engines used on DC3s were typically 14-cylinder models and produced about 9x as much horsepower. I didn't realize the error till the fellow who crashed in 1947 contacted me. Some of the wreckage from the Lomard crash is still there, but most was salvaged.

Lostflights - Oct 26, 2020 9:26 am - Hasn't voted

Re: not quite

This engine pictured is a Wright Cyclone 9 which was a 9 cylinder radial engine used on the DC-3 operated as TWA Flight 3 on 1/16/42. This particular engine was the right side engine. The left engine is further downhill. I’m not sure about a 1947 plane crash on Potosi, but the only wreckage at the Lombard site is of the DC-3 she was on.

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