Closer view of the wing marking - looks like a blue circle with a star in the middle. I could see some more wreckage further up the hill but was running low on energy at this point so didn't check it out. I knew a quick review of HAZ photosets for this hike when I got home would be much easier. And I was correct [ photo ] . Research indicates it was a Beech AT-11 military plane used extensively for training WWII bomber crews. It crashed on Mar 14, 1943, while searching for a B17 crash. All three crew survived the initial impact but two of the three died over the next several days from their injuries. The B17 they were searching for may have been the one that crashed on nearby Burro Mtn on Mar 3, 1943. It's wreckage was not found and the search was called off on Mar 17, 1943. That wreckage was later found on Burro Mtn in July 1943. A B24 crashed on the other side of Mt Baldy on Sept 11, 1942. This area appears to have been a magnet for WWII military planes.