re: She did have a 'chute, sorta. Now, the guys who rode the tail of a B-29 down-
And I've seen a B-17 in the Olympic Peninsula which flew into the top of a mountain in the early '50s. It plowed into deep snow near the top, came to rest and then slid backward for 800 feet. Approximately half the crew survived.
It's cannibalized, but still there. I'd call that a bad day for the pilot.
Interesting what a Google search brings:
http://www.peak.org/~mikey/746/index.htm
The Olympic Peninsula is my favorite place in Washington State. Sadly I have spent far too little time there. It would be a fun backpacking trip to go out and try to find the plane with the information provided on that site.
-Steve G.