"Expedition: B-24" 1960 KCBS Radio Documentary

MAY 28, 202115 MIN
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"Expedition: B-24" 1960 KCBS Radio Documentary

MAY 28, 202115 MIN

Description

<p>Broadcast on December 8, 1960. The KCBS Radio documentary "Expedition: B-24" told the story of the 1943 crash of a B-24 bomber into an unnamed High Sierra lake and the 17-year effort by the father of the co-pilot to find the wreckage. The program was written by Fred Goerner and anchored by Dave McElhatton and won a 1961 Sigma Delta Chi journalism award.&nbsp;</p> <p>Audio preserved by the California Historical Radio Society's Bay Area Radio Museum.</p>