Documents / Report
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.
“Wilson”5 pages
APPENDIX "E" TO 976-3 (SC&T/AT4) DATED 18 DEC 53 BREAKDOWN OF FLYING TIMES BY AIRCRAFT 25 Nov 53 26 Nov 53 27 Nov 53 28 Nov 53 TOTALS 6,000 sq mi 600 sq mi 13,500 sq mi 6,500 sq mi 29, 600 sq miles 31:55 3:00 39:05 30:25 113:25 4:20 NIL 10:25 NIL 25:00 1 USAF DAKOTAS C45s SA16s B25 H19 Total 57:20 11:35 21:00 18:25 3:20 3:00 Total 57:20 2 US COAST GUARD SA16 Total 14:00 14:00 3 RCAF DAKOTAS Total 69:35 69:35 4 CIVIL CESSNA 140 Total 2:30 2:30 GRAND TOTAL 143:25
Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.