Historic rescue by Civil Air Patrol cadets remembered

VERMONT --Oct. 16 marked the 65th anniversary of the Camels Hump plane crash – one of Vermont’s most horrific aviation disasters. According to a WCAX-TV report, a U.S. Air Force bomber was on a routine mission in 1944 when it crashed into the side of the mountain with 10 crewmen onboard. Nine of the men died, but 18-year-old Jimmy Wilson was saved, thanks to the heroic efforts of five Civil Air Patrol cadets. Several of the former cadets and others gathered Friday on the mountain for a ceremony of tribute to the dead crewmen as well as the lone survivor and his rescuers.