November 28, 2007: Mississippi Wing Finds USAF Trainer Crash Site

On this date, members of the Mississippi Wing of the Civil Air Patrol successfully located the crash locations of two United States Air Force T-6 Texan II trainers.  Both pilots ejected safely.

Commentary from one of the participants in the search:

On November 28, 2007, our Civil Air Patrol Squadron was called to search for the wreckages of a crash of two T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft based at Columbus Air Force Base in Columbus, Mississippi. The aircraft had collided in mid-air near an auxilliary air strip near Shuqualak, Mississippi. . . Our mission was to locate the aircraft and photograph the crash sites. . .  Although the air crew of this plane had been recovered, they had apparently been walking some distance when they were found, and so the location of this crash site was unknown until our aircrew found it.

Photo by Roger Smith.
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