IMAGE
Remains of Nate Saint's Piper Cub Item Info
- Title:
- Remains of Nate Saint's Piper Cub
- Date Created:
- 1956-01-14
- Description:
- U. S. Army photograph of Nate Saint's destroyed plane. Original USCARIB Central caption reads: "Stripped and deserted is this monument to the five Missionaries who were murdered by fierce Auca Indians of Ecuador January 8. The five men were killed near the small wrecked plane on the Curaray River, after months of supposedly friendly relations and gift exchanging with the Indians. A joint Army, Navy, and Air Force search operation discovered the lance-pierced bodies of the missionaries after a short search in a U.S. Army H-13 Helicopter airlifted to Ecuador from the Canal Zone by Air Force and Navy C-47 type planes."
- Subjects:
- Search and rescue operations Saint, Nathaniel, 1923-1956 Aeronautics in missionary work
- Location:
- Palm Beach, Ecuador
- Source:
- Photo Album: Liefeld, Olive II, Collection 701: Olive Fleming Liefeld Collection, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Remains of Nate Saint's Piper Cub", To Carry the Light Further, Wheaton Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/to-carry-the-light-further/items/obj_0006.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright. For more information, please contact Wheaton Archives & Special Collections at archives@wheaton.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/