Smokejumper Obituary: Hermes, Edwin T. (Missoula 1953)

Authors

National Smokejumper Association

Files

Obituary

Ed died June 2, 1963, in the crash of a helicopter that he was flying from Twin Falls, Idaho, to New Mexico where he had a contract to spray crops. The wreckage was found in a remote area near South Powder Horn, Colorado, two months after the crash. Ed jumped at Missoula 1953-54 and 1960.

Identifier

Hermes_Edwin-T_Missoula_1953

Publication Date

November 2006

Keywords

Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries

Disciplines

Forest Management

Recommended Citation

National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Hermes, Edwin T. (Missoula 1953)" (2006). Smokejumper Obituaries. 1075.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/1075