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This is a copy of the US Air Force aircraft accident and missing aircraft report on F-89C 51-5853A, released through Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue. The aircraft was scrambled from Kinross AFB, Michigan on 23 November 1953 to intercept an unknown aircraft over Lake Superior. It disappeared after its radar return merged with the target, which the report identifies as an RCAF Dakota. The file includes weather data, maintenance records, the RCAF search report and a 1954 reopened search, and says no trace was found.
1 The following Datum Points and Datum Lines were used to plot search areas: AREA DATUM POINT DATUM LINE RED 48:00N 87:47W 090 Deg (T) BROWN 46:15N 85:15W 090 Deg (T) BLUE 48:00N 85:47W 090 Deg (T) GREEN 46:15N 87:15W 090 Deg (T) APPENDIX "C" TO 976-3 (SC&T/AT4) DATED 18 DEC 53 AIRCRAFT DEPLOYED APPENDIX "D" TO 976-3 (SC&T/AT4) DATED 18 DEC 53 DAILY SEARCH COVERAGE AND FLYING TIMES 1 USAF AIRCRAFT 057 Dakota 5286 SA16 7167 SA16 0849 B25 7163 C45 1620 C45 1616 C45 913 C45 Oscoda3961 H15? (helicopter) Kinross Selfridge Selfridge Selfridge Selfridge Ohare Ohare Kinross 2 US COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT SA16 Traverse City 3 RCAF AIRCRAFT 653 Dakota 961 Dakota 641 Dakota 658 Dakota Trenton Centralia Centralia Centralia 4 CIVIL AIRCRAFT Cessna 140 Civilian Air Patrol Sault Ste Marie, Mich. SURFACE CRAFT EMPLOYED 1 US COAST GUARD USCG "WOODRUSH" Sault Ste Marie, Mich. DATE 24 Nov 53 COVERAGE 3,000 sq mi SEARCH 14:00 TRANSIT 10:15
Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.