Mount Deception
Highest point
Elevation11,539 ft (3,517 m)[1]
Prominence2,126 ft (648 m)[2]
ListingList of mountain peaks of Alaska
Coordinates63°09′30″N 150°31′51″W / 63.15833°N 150.53083°W / 63.15833; -150.53083[3]
Geography
Mount Deception is located in Alaska
Mount Deception
Mount Deception
Alaska
LocationDenali Borough, Alaska, United States
Parent rangeAlaska Range
Topo mapUSGS Mount McKinley A-2
Climbing
First ascentNovember 1944
Easiest routeNortheast ridge

Mount Deception is a 11,539-foot (3,517 m) mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Deception lies 16 miles (26 km) east-southeast of Denali, overlooking Brooks Glacier. The glacier-covered mountain was named by a U.S. Army crash investigation party on November 13, 1944, who were the first to ascend the mountain while investigating an airplane crash that happened in September 1944.[2][3]

1944 plane crash

On September 18, 1944, a US Army C-47 which took off from Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, en route to Ladd Army Airfield in Fairbanks, Alaska. For reasons unknown the plane traveled off course crashing into the then unnamed peak killing all 15 passengers and 4 crew members. A 44-man rescue expedition reached the crash site in early November but a recent ten-foot snowfall exasperated efforts to find any remains.[4]

Occupants:

  • Crew
    • Roy Proebstle (pilot)
    • Peter Blivens (co-pilot)
    • Pvt. James A. George Jr.
    • Carl V. Harris, civilian
  • Navy:
    • Lt (JG) Athel L. Gill
    • S I C Bernard J. Orgeto
  • Army:
    • CWO Floyd M. Appleman
    • Sgt. William E. Backus
    • Maj. Rudolf F. Bostelman
    • 1st Lt. Orlando J. Buck
    • Cpl. Charles Sykema
    • Pvt. Charles E. Ellis
    • T-5 Maurice R. Gibbs
    • Pvt. Anthony Kasper
    • PFC Alfred S. Madison
    • Pvt. Howard A. Pevey
    • PFC Clifford E. Phillips
    • T-4 Timothy D. Stevens
    • T-5 Edward S. Stoering

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Deception". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Deception". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Deception". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  4. ↑ "A Plane Crashes in WWII-era Denali". National Park Service. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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