Approximately 10:20 am 18 October 1947, Wilf Gibbard was working at the Meteorlogical building on Old Glory Mountain when he heard what he attributed to be another dynamite explosion from the Red Mountain first lift construction. It was a bitterly cold day with severe icing conditions and very cloudy. He had no way of knowing what he heard was the sounds of the crash of the RCAF B-25 Mitchell Bomber in Plewman Basin.
8 October 1952, five years later, Wilf was working cutting firewood at the Ridge Cabin when he decided to walk over to the Plewman Basin. As he was working his way along, the sun glinted off one of the wings of the aircraft. To quote Wilf: " I left the Plewman cabin and headed for the ridge where the plane is. I got about a third of the way, I suppose, and the sun just happened to hit that wing tip, clear just like a mirror. I knew immediately it was a plane. I was amazed when I came on that one. "
13 September 2000. The hike to the crash site is approximately 3.5 kilometers from the Rossland to Nancy Greene highway with an 1100 foot elevation change. The hike begins in an Alder thicket so dense the trail at your feet is obscured. Further along the trail is very poorly defined due to overgrowth. There are at least 200 windfalls to scramble over; that's 400 for the total trip! The wings are about 100M above and to the left of the main crash site. The second wheel was found this trip about 70M below the site.
22 July 2004. A large clearcut has been completed immediately NW, Nancy Green Lake side, of the trail access. Drive to the Rossland end of the clearcut, jump across the ditch to a short road that heads straight up into the clearcut. About 80M in turn left and look for the trail amongst the Alder brush.
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