The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: STARS STRIPS ARTICLE EMAIL
A wartime newspaper clipping and printed emails from 2005 reconstruct the December 1952 loss of Navy PBM Mariner BA-12 off the Korean coast, among whose crew was LTjg Wayne Bancroft. The exchange shows how veterans and families pieced together the record of a single night decades afterward.
Newspaper Clipping: "Navy PBM Plunges Into Sea Off Korea; 10 Killed, Four Hurt" — Korean War, Lt. Bancroft Collection
Printed Email Recounting the December 1952 Crash of PBM Patrol Aircraft 'BA-12' — Bancroft Korean War Collection
Email Correspondence Recounting VP-47 Aircraft BA-12 Ditching, Korean War Era
