P-51 Mustang in Forced Landing

[Nefarious]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.278461,-80.305638&spn=0.007989,0.021973&t=h&z=16

Approximate location of Crash. According to the Google Map it says George Washington Highway. But that is actually Old US Route 50. I know it says Old Route 50 is above that, but that is actually OLD, Old Route 50. The George Washington Highway is actually the second Rt 50, and the current one is the newer four lane.

Plenty of room, but that at the time that was pretty busy road.

[flight17]

its amazing the amount of stories you can find of stuff like this happening in your own backyard and yet never know about.

I recently found an article online quoted from a book saying that nearly 20 ME-262's along with some 190's were involved in accidents while landing at Pittsburgh Intl Airport while on ferry flights to the mid west during and just after WWII but were never made public. Pittsburgh Intl used to be an all military base until the late 40's early 50's. The 262's and 190's were being ferried out west from Newark after arriving on the HMS Reaper

two of the examples

19 August - Pilot 1st Lt. James K. Holt ferries captured Me 262A, 500098, "Cookie VII", FE-4011, from Newark Army Air Base, New Jersey to Freeman Field, Indiana, with a refuelling stop at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at ~ 1600 hrs, as one of two Messerschmitts being sent for testing after arriving in the U.S. aboard the HMS Reaper. Upon landing at Pittsburgh, he experiences complete brake failure, overruns the runway, goes down steep incline, hits opposite side of ditch, tearing engines and undercarriage off of the jet and breaking the fuselage in half. Pilot is unhurt but airframe is a total loss.[51]

12 September - Pilot 1st Lt. Robert J. Anspach attempts to ferry captured Focke Wulf Fw 190F, FE-113, coded '10', from Newark Army Air Base, New Jersey, where it had been offloaded from the HMS Reaper, to Freeman Field, Indiana for testing. While letting down for refuelling stop at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a faulty electrical horizontal trim adjustment switch goes to full-up position, cannot be manually overridden. Pilot spots small dirt strip, the Hollidaysburg Airport, S of Altoona, Pennsylvania, and makes emergency landing. Upon applying brakes, right one fails immediately, fighter pivots left, landing gear collapses, propeller rips away. Pilot uninjured, but Fw 190 is hauled to Middletown Air Depot, Pennsylvania, and scrapped. Prop ends up on wall of local flying club. The press never gets wind of the accident, nor of the 19 August Me 262 crash landing at Pittsburgh.[56]

[Guppy35]

The Mustang has markings that appeared on most of the training command Mustangs.  Guessing it belonged to one of those units.