This is a recording of the wreckage from the final flight of Captain Sydney Harrison, veteran of WWII and the Korean War. The crash occurred in 1952. This plane was a Cessna Bird Dog L19.

On an adjacent tree, the Boy Scouts of America have since placed a small plaque that reads:

In Memoriam
Captain Sidney Harrison
1912 - 1952
WWII
Korea

Sidney Harrison was one of the country's finest soldiers. He had been through the invasions of France and Germany and lived to tell the tale. His last flight was from Wichita to Buckley Air Force Base in Denver. His plane went down in a blinding snowstorm.

Plaque Contributed by BSA Troop 17's Warhawk Patrol
Monument, Colorado

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The plane and memorial are located at: N 39° 08.565, W 104° 58.156
at an elevation of about 2,560 metres (8,400 feet) in the Rampart Range between Denver and Colorado Springs.

The Colorado Mountain Club, and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Sierra Club, have proposed that the natural area in and around the crash site, comprised of about 12,140 hectares / 30,000 acres) be protected and preserved for future generations due to the relatively pristine condition of the area's natural environment.

Here's my personal webpage about the military:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/military.html

Here's my page about Colorado:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/colorado.html

Here's my page about hiking:
http://www.rogerwendell.com/hiking.html

07-05-2015