Boeing B-29 Super Fortress
B-29A s/n 44-69943
30 JUN 1945
95 Miles East of El Paso TX

Crash photo from 1945.
What it looks like today.
Another view, with the right wing spar on the ridge line.
Russ Flowers holds up the rudder.
Close up of the hillside with an engine in the lower left.
Original crash report photo of the main impact burn area.
AAIR team inspects a section of fuselage.
Craig Fuller next to a large section of wing skin.
Electric gun turret.
Tip of the horizontal.
Russ Flowers inspects debris on the steep hillside below the initial impact point.
The initial impact point.
Russ Flowers inspects debris on the steep hillside below the initial impact point.
The right wing spar and main landing gear.
Close up of the right main landing gear.
The left wing. To appreciate the size, note the person in the blue jacket just to the left of the wing.
The left wing was thrown over 1/8th of a mile around the mountain from the impact point where the right wing spar and main landing gear are.
Craig Fuller at the first engine.
Craig Fuller at the second engine.
The third engine. Note the electric gun turret to the left.
Original crash report photograph of one of the engines.
The fourth engine.
Original crash report photograph of the tail. This was no longer there.
The tail section was probably dynamited by the government as we found parts of the horizontal, rudder and elevators, but no trace of the vertical. It is reported that about a year ago a group restoring a B-29 removed some parts, perhaps the vertical was one of them.

Crash Report Excerpts