Wreckage Of Rogers Post Plane -- This is a closeup of the wreckage of the plane in which Wiley Post and will Rogers crashed to their deaths August 15 Near here. It shows show the ship was shattered in its plunge into the shallow river. The broken pontoons stand out in the foreground. This picture taken by Charles Brower, "King of the arctic," was relayed to San Francisco in the fastest trip ever made from Barrow, 42 hours by four relays of planes. August 08, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).