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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:35:59 AM EDT
I was reading through the book Black Hawk Down and decided to find the location of the battle on Google Earth. Using the map in the book, I found the area in the image below.
To the left of the yellow thumbtack marker is what looks like the remains of a helicopter. Is this possible? Does anyone have more detailed information on the location of the events described in the book? 
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:36:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:37:57 AM EDT
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I find it hard to believe that it would still be there, but who knows.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:38:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:39:23 AM EDT
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That was my first thought as well, but maybe. |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:40:23 AM EDT
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Looks like the remains of a truck 
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:40:42 AM EDT
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That's what I thought, but I saw a documentary a few years ago where a reporter returned to the site years later and the helicopter was still there (what was left of it, anyway). |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:42:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:42:21 AM EDT
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I would think the locals would have stripped everything and carted it away by now for sure.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:45:43 AM EDT
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Somalia doesn't even have a functioning gov't. What makes you think removing the helicopter wreckage is a priority?
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:46:10 AM EDT
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I was over there from October 9th to November 12th 1993 (A member of BLT 1/8 22MEU aboard the USS ASHLAND LSD-48), and according to reports that I heard over the radio net, Delta/Marine Force Recon dropped back by the fuselage and demo'ed it.
That was nearly 14 1/2 years ago, given the propensity for skinnies to strip everything metal or plastic from anything tied down or not, it is highly unlikely that even a single crumb of that Blackhawk is left. |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:46:32 AM EDT
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Somalia is a shit hole full of shit heads.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:47:20 AM EDT
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Its a priority to people who use the remains as materials to build their shacks. I'm sure its not there anymore unless it serves as a reminder of that day to the people of Mogadishu. |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:47:34 AM EDT
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With the value of scrap aluminum being what it is Vs. the economy in Somalia, I doubt that anything remains of either the of the two Blackhawks.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 10:58:04 AM EDT
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     From GlobalSecurity.org 
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Posted: 2/2/2008 11:23:58 AM EDT
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Thanks for the excellent photos. The availability of this technology makes it even more interesting to read and study these accounts. |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 12:26:24 PM EDT
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I think i found durants crashsite on google earth and saved the picture, but I dont have time to find to look for it.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 12:50:44 PM EDT
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Yep. I saw the same show. It was all over grown but it was still there. |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:03:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:08:47 PM EDT
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I am surprised nobody has pictures of the site.
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:12:17 PM EDT
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Because aircraft aluminum = damn good building material, in a 3rd-world shithole... |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:13:25 PM EDT
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It would be awesome if people could find more google earth images of famous battles and post them here
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:16:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:18:15 PM EDT
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as i understand, via an article read a few years ago, the wreckage is in the possession of a local warlord, and surrounded by bobbed wire, was kept at his residence.
the same holds for the Falklands,  and probably everywhere else; the remains of war, and military presence, are everywhere.      
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Posted: 2/2/2008 1:20:36 PM EDT
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I can confirm hearing the same story... |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 2:20:19 PM EDT
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keep the great pics coming |
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Posted: 2/2/2008 6:38:06 PM EDT
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