These shots were taken around 1977 when myself and another group went backpacking in the Big Horn Mountain range of Wyoming. We came across a monument regarding a crash of a B17 (now called Bomber Mountain) and hiked to the crest at 12,840 feet where a B17 crashed on a training mission in 1943 when they hit the very tip of the mountain range in fog. If they had only gained another 100' they likely would have cleared the mountain summit. I actually found a leather helmet and a boot with a bone in it at the site. Both were returned where I found them. Sadly, looking at current photos of the site today, much of it has been stolen or rearranged from when I saw it.
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