The above diagram is speculation on my part. Letters represent somewhat "known" locations
(Map generated using TerraClient)




Wind direction is not known (requests to NOAA and NWS, as well as the local newspapers have yielded nothing) so I am going to default to the prevailing wind direction in the area as well as what makes sense in relation to the known locations. It was stated by several crew members that, had they jumped immediately when the order was given, they would have landed in the lake. I am assuming that the navigator was correct about landfall and wouldn't have known a wind direction. The crew bailed out at about 6,000 feet.


A: Charles Sturgeon and another  landed "two miles east of Union Bay between Lake Superior and M107."
     - newspaper article

B: Remainder of crew landed in, "on a due north/south line, south of M107 within a mile of each other."
    - newspaper article

C: Ray Rietschel was found in this general area based on his statements in the crash report.

D: Working backwards from his statements, this is about where he would have landed.

E: Thomas Smith, Alexander Calder, and Louis Starks landed, " four miles due east of Nonesuch Mine."
     - newspaper article
     and "ten miles south of Silver City," according to Louis Starks' official statement.

F: Crash site, "about 300 yards long." - newspaper article

G: "Staging Area"

The green line represents my best estimate as to the flight path in the final moments of 42-30762. Pilot Smith describes seeing, "... a long, diving turn to the right." As well as, "After landing, I saw the plane disappear over treetops to the north and west of me."