Monument in Cascade foothills honors long-missing aviators
It’s not quite the final chapter, but the story of two lost Navy airmen reached a significant milestone just in time for Memorial Day.
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It’s not quite the final chapter, but the story of two lost Navy airmen reached a significant milestone just in time for Memorial Day.
US Navy formally notifies families about long-lost Seattle plane January 18, 2021 at 10:57 am Nora Mayes in North Bend in 1961, not far from Black Lake in the Cascade foothills where her son's plane may have crashed. (Courtesy Lee Corbin) The families of two lost Naval aviators have received formal notification from the U.S. Navy about the likely whereabouts of the men and their SNJ-5 trainer aircraft. Lieutenant Benjamin Vreeland and Ensign Gaston Mayes disappeared in March 1949 while on a flight from the old Sand Point Naval Air Station on Lake Washington. Gaston Mayes...