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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.
AIRCRAFT FLIGHT REPORT - Part I
AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE RECORD - Part II
AIRCRAFT INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE RECORD - Part II Continued
DELAYED CORRECTION DISCREPANCY LIST - Part III
DELAYED CORRECTION DISCREPANCY LIST - Part III Continued
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23 November 1953 A/C NO 51-5853A Lt. Moncla
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CA4A 002
00 S85 ZVA JEPNB JWPNT JEDEN JEPNB JEDBW JEDPK JEDFJ
00 JEPHQ JWPNT JEDEN JEPNB JEDBW JEDPK JEDFJ 777 .
DE CA4A 002
0 240505Z ZNJ
FM COMDR 534TH AD GP KINROSS AFB MICH
YO JEPHQ/DIR PLANS AND OPERATIONS HQ USAF WASH 25 D C
JWPNT/OFF INSP GEN USAF NORTON AFB CALIF
JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO
JEDEN/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY
JEDEN/COMDR 30TH AIR DIV WILLOW RUN APRT BELLEVILLE MICH
JEDEN/COMDR 4706TH DEF WG OHARE INTL APRT PARK RIDGE ILL
JEDEN/COMDR 520TH AIR DEF GP TRUAX AFB WISC
/R E S T R I C T E D/COMM 002/MISSING ACFT REPORT/PD
1. PILOT 1ST LT FELIX F. MONCLA JR. AO01858910. RADAR OBSERVER:
2ND LT. ROBERT L. WILSON AO03005692.
2. TYPE AIRCRAFT: F-89C
3. AIRCRAFT NUMBER: 51-5853
4. HOME BASE OF AIRCRAFT: TRUAX AFB MADISON WISCONSIN.
5. HOME BASE OF PILOT: TRUAX AFB MADISON WISCONSIN.
6. PLACE OF DEPARTURE: KINROSS AFB KINROSS MICH.
7. TIME OF DEPARTURE: 2322 ZULU 23 NOV 53.
8. INTENDED DESTINATION: KINROSS AFB KINROSS MICH.
9. ROUTE AS DIRECTED BY ADCC ON ACTIVE AIR DEFENSE MISSION
10. ESTIMATED TIME ENROUTE: ONE HOUR
PAGE TWO CA4A 002
11. POSITION LAST REPORTED: AT COORDINATES 45 DEGREES 00 MINUTES NORTH
- 86 DEGREES 49 MINUTES WEST.
12. WEATHER OVER ROUTE: FOUR THOUSAND OVERCAST VISIBILITY EIGHT MILES
AT POINT OF DEPARTURE LOWERING TO FIVE HUNDRED OBSCURED VISIBILITY
ONE MILE IN LIGHT SNOW IN VICINITY WHERE ACFT WAS LAST REPORTED.
13. RMKS: ACFT WAS UNDER GCI CONTROL. RADAR CONTACT AND VOICE
COMMUNICATION WERE LOST AT 2339 ZULU AT COORDINATES FORTY EIGHT
DEGREES ZERO MINUTES NORTH EIGHTY SIX DEGREES FORTY NINE MINUTES
WEST. 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.