Skiers rub the wing fragment of the B-24 that crashed on Mission Ridge for good luck and to ensure it snows a lot. Many perform this ritual every run.
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Gary Schimelfenig / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4368 x 2912 px | 37 x 24.7 cm | 14.6 x 9.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
20 January 2007Location:
Mission Ridge ski area, Wenatchee, WAMore information:
In the Mission Ridge ski area, the wing fragment from a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber that crashed during a training mission in 1944 is mounted just above the 6400 foot level, off the Katsuk run before it drops into Bomber Bowl. Placed as a tribute to the lives lost in the crash, it has become a good luck piece which, when rubbed by skiers, brings good luck for soft snow.