WWII Military Aircraft Incidents in National Park Service Units: A Preliminary Inventory
Hunt AP, Santucci VL, Lassman D. 2011. WWII Military Aircraft Incidents in National Park Service Units: A Preliminary Inventory. Pages 148-154. In Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World. Hancock, MI. Proceedings of the 2011 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas and Cultural Sites
During World War II (WWII), more than 7,100 air crashes involving United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft occurred on American soil. Collectively these crashes resulted in the loss of more than 15,559 lives (Mireles 2006). Many of these military aircraft accidents occurred in remote, often mountainous, areas. This preliminary inventory presents basic information on the majority of WWII era (September 1, 1939, to September 2, 1945) military aircraft incidents which have been documented in areas administerd by the National Park Service (NPS) (Hunt and Santuccii 2011). The purpose of this preliminary report is to expand awareness of the WWII resources at NPS sites, and to further identify issues associated with their management, protection, and interpretation as cultural resources.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Hunt, Adrian; Santucci, Vincent; Lassman, David
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- military aircraft crashes, World War II (WWII)