Cool video. I was at that site right around the same time. I've since been to the one by the Big Lots distribution center (PBR1) and another one in Apple Valley (PBR2). There are still a lot of practice bomb remnants at each of those. I made a compilation of the locations of all 20 targets, aux airfields, night targets, and some related locations in a Google Earth .KML file. It's just text, so I put in in a comment if you're interested.
That'd be fine. I'd like to see if you have anything more than I have. I did 3 Victorville PBR's that day. I'd already been to #1 and that day I did PBR's 3, 2 and 4. Unfortunately (for me), the best ones most likely require 4WD and that's where the most remnants will be found. Housing has built over/around some of them too.
@@theo3000 I have that listed as here, close to your coordinates 34°32'39.61"N 116°28'43.78"W You can see the bomb craters in and around the small rock hills.
@@desertrickThe target is probably around that area, but I put the marker in the center of an open region because I don't the target would be near any hills. Also, the practice bombs weren't powerful enough to leave craters. They didn't want to destroy the target. Edit -You're probably right. I looked at PRB Y, and it had craters. maybe Y and Z did use real bombs. In which case, those rocks could have been the target itself.
Cool video. I was at that site right around the same time. I've since been to the one by the Big Lots distribution center (PBR1) and another one in Apple Valley (PBR2). There are still a lot of practice bomb remnants at each of those.
I made a compilation of the locations of all 20 targets, aux airfields, night targets, and some related locations in a Google Earth .KML file. It's just text, so I put in in a comment if you're interested.
That'd be fine. I'd like to see if you have anything more than I have. I did 3 Victorville PBR's that day. I'd already been to #1 and that day I did PBR's 3, 2 and 4. Unfortunately (for me), the best ones most likely require 4WD and that's where the most remnants will be found. Housing has built over/around some of them too.
@@desertrick I wasn't able to put the KML in a comment. Here are the coordinates:
X Y Name description
-117.6689184 34.56654333 Grey Butte Auxiliary Army Airfield No.4
-117.3744445 34.92277779 Hawes Auxillary Army Airfield No.1
-117.3052705 34.82779031 Helendale Auxiliary Army Airfield No.2
-117.5948981 34.62357546 Mirage Auxiliary Army Airfield No.3
-117.0875 34.98666666 PBR N-1
-117.165376 35.06233815 PBR N-2
-117.2197222 34.96861111 PBR N-3
-116.5083333 34.41166666 PBR Y?
-117.1981634 34.59260158 PBR1
-116.7135976 34.45357479 PBR10
-116.6277778 34.56694445 PBR11
-116.5852778 34.47027777 PBR12
-116.6047222 34.37666667 PBR13
-116.4969445 34.58638889 PBR14
-116.4947222 34.39749999 PBR15
-116.5036111 34.46944444 PBR16
-116.3772223 34.40361114 PBR17
-116.298334 34.32416655 PBR18
-116.333888 34.22944683 PBR19
-117.1466464 34.5371731 PBR2
-116.4404076 34.29962973 PBR20
-117.0830556 34.56777777 PBR3
-117.1209797 34.45742588 PBR4
-116.9888889 34.63666667 PBR5
-116.9716579 34.50230493 PBR6
-116.8753673 34.54548927 PBR7
-116.8756363 34.42175509 PBR8
-116.7570653 34.55959814 PBR9
-117.3077877 34.63417159 Silver Peak Light Annex
-117.3795646 34.59111815 Victorville Army Air Field
I think the only one missing is PBR-Z
-116.4675562 34.543157711 PBR-Z - nothing visible from Google Earth - approximate location
@@theo3000 I have that listed as here, close to your coordinates 34°32'39.61"N 116°28'43.78"W You can see the bomb craters in and around the small rock hills.
@@desertrickThe target is probably around that area, but I put the marker in the center of an open region because I don't the target would be near any hills. Also, the practice bombs weren't powerful enough to leave craters. They didn't want to destroy the target.
Edit -You're probably right. I looked at PRB Y, and it had craters. maybe Y and Z did use real bombs. In which case, those rocks could have been the target itself.