At roughly 10:45am, the fire whistle at the Ashville fire hall blew, followed by the repeated blasts of an ambluance. Lt. Levine S. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson of Blockville ,and husaband of Mrs. Marian Nelson of Chautauqua, was piloting a B-24 Army Bomber over his home village. He had written in advance of his coming, and his family was on alert to see him pass. But apparently flying too low, the plane choppped off the top of tress just in back of his own home, turned on one side, struck a number of electric wires and plunged into a 50' gullly about a half mile beyond, just over the town line in North Harmony.
With the crash, came a loud explosion, and the palne went up in a mass of flaming wreckage. Parts of the plane were scattered over a lagre area, and the main body of the plane came to rest on the farm of B. J. Carpenter, in North Harmony. B. J. Carpenter, and two of his sons, together with Calrence Wellman (a nearby farmer) were the first to reach the scene.
All but one of the survivors were flown to the hospital at the Army air base in Syracuse, the other, suffering severe body burns and scalp lacerations, was taken to Jamestown General Hospital.
The body of Lt Nelson was flown from Syracuse for burial service in the Methodist church at Blockville. Thus, the tradgey of War left an ugly scar on our countryside.
Using information found at the provided coordinates solve for the following:
N 42º AB.CBD and W 079º CE.FGA
A) The final digit, in the distance between this monument and where the wreck occurred.
B) The second digit of the calendar day in which the wreck occurred.
C) Look north (You made need to get a tad closer towards the road, or walk a few steps north yourself). This is the rough location where the bomber went down. You should also see silos. How many silos can you see (If a silo is missing its roof, it still counts as a silo!!).
D) The number of survivors.
E) The number of engines on the bomber.
F) The month in which the wreck occurred.
G) The number of crewman who were casualties of this wreck.
A special thanks to the Harmony Historical Society for maintaining this monument, their permission in placing this cache, and all the information they have gathered and provided to us in relation to this piece of history!!
Congrats to Mr. (and Mrs.)T2752 on the FTF!!