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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.
I. REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION 3. Activity Requesting Travel Orders (Complete Description) [DIRECTORATE OF FLT SAFETY RESEARCH] II. TEMPORARY DUTY TRAVEL ORDERS 4. Grade [MAJOR] 5. Last Name – First Name - Middle Initial [WATTS, RICHARD H. JR] 6. Service No [?20432522] 7. Organization [1002ND I.G. GROUP] 8. Will Proceed O/A [24? NOV 53] 9. From: [NORTON AFB, CALIF] 10. To: (List Itinerary) [TRUAX AFB, WISC - KINROSS AFB, WISC – MADISON, WISC] 11. Approx. No. of Days TDY (Include Travel Time) FIFTEEN 12. [ X ] Check if Authorized to vary Itinerary and Proceed to Such Additional Places as Necessary for the Accomplishment of this Mission 13. Return To: [NORTON AFB, CALIF] 14. Purpose of temporary Duty (Check appropriate box and enter name of headquarters, if applicable. Explain in detail.) [ [ X ] DF-?O [ ] COPY ____ TO CONDUCT SPECIAL INVES OF ACFT ACDT INVOLVING TWO F-89 C ACFT] III. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED 15. State Mode of Transportation When Travel is “Directed When Available” Tvl by Mil acft dir to Truax AFB, Wisc ? aval? 16. 17. 18. Special Instructions [INDIV AUTH ACCESS TO CLAS MAT UP TO AND INC TOP SECRET FOR PERIOD OF TDY] 19. Typed Name, Grade, Service and Title of Requesting Officer [JAMES I. CORNETT, COL, USAF, CHIEF I&SE DIVISION] 20. Office Symbol [AFCFS-2A] 21. Phone No. [3204] 22. Signature of Requesting Officer IV. AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY DUTY IS APPROVED AND WILL BE PERFORMED, TDN 23. Date of Order [24 NOV 54?] 24. Authority Number [450?] 25. Official Designation and Location of Approving Headquarters or Unit [1002d Insp Gen Gp, Norton AFB, Calif] 26. Approved Under Authority Delegated By [AFR 36-58?] 27. Appropriate Account (?) [?F No. 782 G74734-? 443-5720 & 401-02 & 04-640?] 28. Typed Name, Grade, Service and Title of Adjutant General, or Adjutant Seal or Signature [JAMES E. McM??OHN, 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force, Assistant Adjutant DISTRIBUTION: B AF FORM 626 1 FEB 53
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.