The AT6 Monument is a granite memorial to Royal Air Force cadets who were killed while on a training flight during World War II. It stands on Big Mountain, north of Moyers, Oklahoma, in the United Sta
Wilbur Wright (left) and John Wall (right), who crash-landed their plane successfully, at the monument to their fallen comrades.
Rattan students learning the principles of flight and basics of World War II aviation in an effort to understand how and why the RAF fliers crashed.
The AT6 Monument prior to installation. Its stonemason, who volunteered his services to the students, stands at right.
Surviving family members of all four British fliers killed in the crashes came from England to attend the dedication of the AT6 Monument. Shown here also is Wilbur Wright and John Wall, the two crash survivors.
Pushmataha County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,812. Its county seat is Antlers.
AT6 Monument
…complete a low-level, cross-country training flight. Poor weather hampered the flight, however, particularly as they approached the Kiamichi Mountains of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. According to local residents the weather was unfavorable. One, Lee Stone, described ground conditions as very foggy, with a rainy mist. Another, Calvin…
The Pushmataha County Courthouse in Antlers.
Page from The Jubilee Singers, 1873
Chief Pushmataha, 1824. From History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Peter Pitchlynn, Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation during the Civil War.