A Wing and a Prayer # 1 Traditional Cache
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A Wing and a Prayer # 1
This is a small but respectful series of small, easily found geocaches.
These locations as well as the stories behind them may surprise you.
On Monday December 06, 1943 a formation of three planes would depart from the Florence Army Air Base on a routine training mission.
The formation would consist of two Douglas A-20G "Havoc" light bombers and a North American B-25D "Mitchell" medium bomber. As the group neared the Price House in Switzer one of the A-20Gs would begin spewing smoke as it fell from formation.
Mrs. Freeman Godfrey, who lived nearby, reportedly saw a member of the crew crouched upon the plane's wing, screaming for help.
Shortly before 10 a.m. the A-20G slammed into woodlands between the historic Price House and Ferguson's Creek on what was then the Clarence Fowler farm.
The bomber would be demolished and its occupants would be mangled beyond recognition. One body would be recovered from the top of a 50 foot birch tree. Another would be found 75 feet from the wreckage. Officials from Camp Croft would remove the bodies and place a military guard around the scene.
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