Searchlight in Clark County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Zulu Echo Six

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2011

1. Zulu Echo Six Marker

Inscription. On 3 Aug 1970 a Navy P-3A
Orion crashed near here
with the loss of all
ten crewmen.
In Memory of LT Timothy D. Bailing PPC • LT Norman L. Johnson TACCO • LTJG Henry J McGreevey CP • ADJ1 Ambrose Ordonia FE • ADJ! Johnny D Shelton FE • ATN3 Cletus L Morrison RDO • AW3 John d Maas ASW • AW3 John W. Schmitz ASW • AW3 Michael A. Silvers ASW • AW3 Bruce E. Weaver ASW

Erected by Patrol Squadron 17, N.A.S. Barbers Point, Hawaii.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Military. A significant historical date for this entry is August 3, 1970.

Location. 35° 28.068′ N, 114° 54.449′ W. Marker is in Searchlight, Nevada, in Clark County. It is on Michael Wendell Way 0.1 miles north of Cottonwood Cove Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in front of the Community Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Searchlight NV 89046, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mojave Desert

and in Greater Las Vegas.

It is also in the American Southwest

and in the Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Searchlight (within shouting distance of this marker); Willie Martello and the El Rey Resort (approx. ¾ mile away); George Frederick Colton and the Duplex Mine (approx. 0.8 miles

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away); a different marker also named Searchlight (approx. 0.9 miles away); Cal-Nev-Ari (approx. 11.6 miles away).

Also see . . . Memorial to the Crewmen. Additional information on the incident. (Submitted on September 6, 2011.)

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 29, 2011

2. Zulu Echo Six Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2011, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,781 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2011, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.