B-25 Mitchell Bomber Traditional Cache

The cache is near, not at, the crash location to show respect for those who lost their lives here.

The site is about a 1.5 mile bushwhack through a hardwood forest from the parking lot at the end of Moonhaw Road. Steep terrain. This area has many old logging roads but no established herdpaths or roads leading directly to the crash site. Please be respectful to the site by not taking anything or altering the remains of the wreckage.

This B-25 Mitchell Bomber in the drainage of Friday and Balsam Cap mountains crashed on the evening of March 31st, 1948. Its USAAF tail number is 44-29215. It rolled off the assembly line on September 9th, 1944 and saw action over France during WWII before coming back as a trainer. It was flying just such a training mission in 1948 when navigation errors led the crew to believe they were flying over Newburgh preparing to let down at Stewart Airfield, when in fact they had been over Kingston and were headed straight towards Friday mountain (3694'), impacting at 2,700 feet elevation and bursting into flames. The pilot was Captain Richard B. Willis. Two other crew members were aboard and all perished.

Cache contains a movie theater gift card for FTF.