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Command Failure

The US Army Air Forces' Worst Peacetime Disaster

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Civil airways routes circa 1943. Route followed by 57th and 52 PGs marked in yellow

Aeronautical chart, Riverside to Sacramento circa 1942

Major points of interest for Lts. West, Lydon, and Long (Marvin Pass, Sugarloaf Valley, Barton Peak, Roaring River, Deadman Canyon)

 

October 24, 1941 - the planned route (in green) and the actual route (in yellow) followed by the 57th and 52nd PGs, showing the points where pilots bailed out or were killed.

 

 

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