Navy Photo - Maybe a Plane Crash ?

[mojjax]

It looks like a plane crashed before it got to runway . And what are those weird bunker-lookings to the left ?
I hope these aren't ''Classified " or I could be in big trouble .

 

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[tamrock]

Looks like a catastrophic landing for sure. Any chance you can read the number on the tail with a magnifying glass of the photo? There's database's on line of hundreds of military plane wreck's

 

[DCMatt]

Not much to go on...

Pic #1 show words on the lower right edge. Probably about the paper. What does it say?

Maybe it can help establish a date range.

DCMatt

 

[Anduril]

Can't tell from the scans, but if you can read the number off the runway in the upper right corner, that might narrow down the location.
Runways are numbered according to the compass direction they point, to the nearest 10-degrees (omit the last zero).
Also, the trees (species) may help zero in on the location; ditto for the roadway markings and cars (if that's what they are).
But, I'm assuming this is in the US.

The writing on the edge of the first photo may reveals clues as to the photographic / developing process, which in turn may help narrow down the date.

 

[relic lover]

Definitely a crash landing. I doubt those are currently critical to the war effort LOL Declassified by now for sure

 

[ARC]

IF it was "classified" it would be marked as such.

Definitely is a crash site log photo.

Cool pic.

 

[augoldminer]

i don't see any runways and it looks like the pilot tried to set it down in a 2 lane highway.

runways are cleared three times the width of the paved part of the strip.

the weird bunkers are unfinished ammo mags or old abandoned mags. WW2 ammo magazines were built with thick concrete walls and thin wood or sheet metal roof

this caused the blast to go up if someone lit one off,

 

[Anduril]

Look up in the far right-hand corner, at the top edge of the photo.
Almost in-line with the aircraft flightpath, before it crashed of course.

Isn't that a runway? Hard to tell from the scan.

 

[Keith Jackson]

As far as it being classified, it is stamped on the back as For Official Use Only, so you should be good to go. And it definitely looks like he tried to land on a road since the plane itself looks wider than the road so there is no way that he could set down on there without taking out the trees on either side.

 

[DCMatt]

 

[mojjax]

Yes Dcmatt , I think that's a runway . Beyond the runway it looks like the ocean . Maybe it's Brunswick Naval Air station ?

 

[relic lover]

I stopped back to take another look. I find myself concerned for the pilot and crew I hope they were not too badly injured. I would say that's definitely a runway in the background

 

[nhbenz]

Yes Dcmatt , I think that's a runway . Beyond the runway it looks like the ocean . Maybe it's Brunswick Naval Air station ?

I'd wondered if it might be Brunswick too, based on your location and what appear to be a whole lot of pine trees.

 

[Bramblefind]

This 1952 crash at the Brunswick Naval Air Station may fit - but I haven't been able to find enough evidence to fully convince myself.

Brunswick Naval Air Station Accident | New England Aviation History

These are the only photos of that crash that I have been able to locate so far - the first was printed in various newspapers at the time and the second is from this site:

VPNAVY - VP-26 Mishap Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron

 

[DCMatt]

I'd wondered if it might be Brunswick too, based on your location and what appear to be a whole lot of pine trees.

Pretty sure it is not Brunswick. The road doesn't match with Google maps on either end of the runway. Even if the road was not used after the crash, it would take 100 years to cover up a road like that. Also, the trees in Bramblefind's post are much larger and thicker than the ones in the original post.

I also looked at Pensacola, Wildwood NJ, and a few other east coast Naval Air Stations and didn't find a match.

I believe I can see a 3 digit number on the runway, but can't read it. The last digit might be an 8 or a 0 but I can't be sure.

If the aircraft was in distress it could have attempted a landing on any runway possible, so it might not be a NAS.

 

[DCMatt]

Also the 1952 crash at Brunswick was a PV-2 which had twin tails.

The original post crash plane clearly has a single tail.

 

[Bramblefind]

Also the 1952 crash at Brunswick was a PV-2 which had twin tails.

The original post crash plane clearly has a single tail.

Hi Matt - I just had to ask for assistance b/c I didn't even know what a twin tail was but the plane in the crash I referenced is P2V Neptune and I think that has a single tail?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I cold be wrong, but the side of that plane looks like it has a Japanese "Meatball" on it. Can you enlarge the plane itself any more? There was at least one twin engine Japanese bomber with a similar tail....

 

[Anduril]

Pretty sure it is not Brunswick. The road doesn't match with Google maps on either end of the runway. Even if the road was not used after the crash, it would take 100 years to cover up a road like that. Also, the trees in Bramblefind's post are much larger and thicker than the ones in the original post.

I also looked at Pensacola, Wildwood NJ, and a few other east coast Naval Air Stations and didn't find a match.

I believe I can see a 3 digit number on the runway, but can't read it. The last digit might be an 8 or a 0 but I can't be sure.

If the aircraft was in distress it could have attempted a landing on any runway possible, so it might not be a NAS.

THAT is a good point!

 

[DCMatt]

Hi Matt - I just had to ask for assistance b/c I didn't even know what a twin tail was but the plane in the crash I referenced is P2V Neptune and I think that has a single tail?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune

You are correct. P2V not PV-2.

Must be my dyslexia gnikcik ni.

Could be a P2V but I still don't think at Brunswick.