Researchers hunt for Tuskegee Airmen plane that went down in 1944

[TomSea]

Researchers hunt for Tuskegee Airmen plane that went down in 1944

Updated on May 15, 2017 at 8:55 AMPosted on May 15, 2017 at 8:55 AM

Gallery: Tuskegee Airmen vintage photos


By The Associated Press

Unless they're named Indiana and wear a fedora, archaeologists typically don't attempt to solve historical mysteries in a single summer.

But that's exactly what University of New Orleans archaeologist D. Ryan Gray is hoping to do this summer when he leads a team of students and others to southern Austria, to investigate a site where they believe one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen went down near the end of World War II.

The site, close to the Italian border and the Austrian town of Villach, is near the last reported sighting of Capt. Lawrence Dickson, a pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group of the 100th Fighter Squadron. Just after midday Dec. 23, 1944, Dickson was flying a reconnaissance mission in his P-51D when he radioed his wingman, 2nd Lt. Robert Martin, that he was having problems and was going to have to eject.

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More photos at link.

[truth_seeker]

I'll go with them. We drove through Innsbruck on a trip to/through Italy. The scenery in the area, was spectacular.