August of 2021, I went to Alaska to look for the C-119 that went missing November 15, 1952 (20 servicemen) and could possibly be on Mount Iliamna. While I was there, I was also able … Read More
Mr. Terry Mates story about his father missing aboard the missing C-119
My father flew to Korea in a C119. He was flying in a war zone in Korea for 10 months, I believe. He survived the war and came home. A few months later he was … Read More
How a retired geologist discovered a long lost Air Force crash in the Alaska Range
For more than 60 years, remnants of a wrecked U.S. Air Force plane were lost in the Alaska Range, buried beneath ice and snow on a glacier snaking through a mountainside. And for generations, families had no hope of recovering the bodies of 19 service members killed in the 1952 crash.
Family’s Closure Rests on Remote Alaskan Glacier
Frank Blasi still remembers the last time he saw his brother, Daniel Blasi. Frank was at a neighbor’s farm in St. Leo, working during the harvest. Daniel had just been drafted into the Korean War … Read More
Northrop F-89C Scorpion missing Nov 23, 1953
KINROSS AFB MISSING F-89C – 23 NOV 1953 USAF REPORT OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT July 03, 1999 The 23 November 1953 “Kinross Case,” wherein a US Air Force F-89C jet fighter was scrambled from Kinross AFB … Read More
Douglas C-124C Globemaster II missing January 1, 1964
Status: Date: Thursday 2 January 1964 Type: Douglas C-124C Globemaster II Operator: United States Air Force – USAF Registration: 52-0968 C/n / msn: 43877 First flight: Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20WA Crew: Fatalities: 8 / … Read More
Douglas C-54D-10-DC missing July 29, 1950 Juneau, Alaska
Status: Date: Saturday 29 July 1950 Type: Douglas C-54D-10-DC (DC-4) Operator: United States Air Force – USAF Registration: 42-72700 C/n / msn: 10805 First flight: 1945 Crew: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 Passengers: Fatalities: 1 … Read More
U.S. Navy C-47, BUNO 17254, in Chile on August 4, 1969
Missing Aircraft Appeal is posted in an effort to focus renewed attention on important unresolved cases involving United States Military aircraft that have disappeared in the last century. According to the investigative report, … Read More
C-124 Globemaster Missing November 22, 1952 FOUND 6/9/2012
Colony Glacier: A Race Against Time Colony Glacier, AK – Operation Colony Glacier is underway, an annual mission conducted with joint forces to find and remove remnants and debris from a military plane crash 66 … Read More
Douglas C-54 Skymaster missing January 26, 1950 “Operation Mike”
Crew: 1Lt Kyle E. McMichael (Instructor Pilot/Mission Commander), 1Lt Mike Tisik (Pilot), Maj Gerald F. Brittain (Copilot), 1Lt Joseph W. Metzler (Navigator), SSgt Clarence A. Gibson (Radio Operator), MSgt Clyde A. Streitman (Flight Engineer), TSgt Harry W. McConegley (Flight Engineer), SSgt Raymond … Read More
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