My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my grandfather's B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?

Update, July 21st, 2017 (One month till departure)

Since I've offered a bounty, I guess I should iterate what I've done so far:

• I've posted this to an alaska bush pilot's forum. I was surprised to not get a better response from this.
• I've ordered (and recieved) a full sized topo map of the area from mytopo.com. The detail is pretty darn good.
• I've scoured over multiple Satalite photo's. Note, the obvious photo's on google maps/earth are pretty iffy. I found the photo's at zoom.earth to be better.

My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my grandfather's B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?

Update, July 21st, 2017 (One month till departure)

Since I've offered a bounty, I guess I should iterate what I've done so far:

• I've posted this to an Alaska bush pilot's forum. I was surprised to not get a better response from this.
• I've ordered (and received) a full sized topo map of the area from mytopo.com. The detail is pretty darn good.
• I've scoured over multiple satellite photos. Note, the obvious photos on google maps/earth are pretty iffy. I found the photos at zoom.earth to be better.

My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my grandfather's B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?

My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my grandfather's B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?

Update, July 21st, 2017 (One month till departure)

Since I've offered a bounty, I guess I should iterate what I've done so far:

• I've posted this to an alaska bush pilot's forum. I was surprised to not get a better response from this.
• I've ordered (and recieved) a full sized topo map of the area from mytopo.com. The detail is pretty darn good.
• I've scoured over multiple Satalite photo's. Note, the obvious photo's on google maps/earth are pretty iffy. I found the photo's at zoom.earth to be better.

My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my Grandfathers B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?

My father and I have chartered a plane for late August to search for the remains of my grandfather's B-18a bomber, which crashed in the summer of 1942 in Mt. Redoubt Alaska.

I am specifically interested in advice from pilots who have flow around Mt. Redoubt:

A Saturday Evening Post article mentions the accident site is at 7500 feet MSL, on the southwest side of the mountain. The accident report OTH, says the southeast side. Questions:

• What is the terrain/glacier situation at this location?
• Is landing possible at this location?
• Has anyone seen an accident site at this location?

I've posted additional details and pertinent material in this blog post.

Also, I would think the USAAF would have more detailed records of the rescue, which again, is detailed in the Saturday evening post article. Perhaps even a dispatch to the rescue crew with a specific location. Does anyone know where I might find such records?