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Selleck Plane Crash, 1953 : VOICE of the Valley


Two fatal airplane crashes gripped the mill-town of Selleck in April 1953.  They happened just days apart.  The first, on April 14
th saw a DC-3 carrying 22 soldiers and three crew members come down during snow flurries, in the upper Cedar River basin about 10 miles east of Selleck.  Seven ultimately died after one engine failed and the plane fell to the forest below.  More than 200 rescue workers and town folk were involved in that rescue and recovery.  Just nine days later, on April 23, an American Air Transport C-46 went down on a nearby ridge misidentified as Cedar Mountain.  While the DC-3 crash received extensive newspaper coverage, the C-46 downing received almost none. ....

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