The Snapshots in Time Collection
Email Correspondence Recounting VP-47 Aircraft BA-12 Ditching, Korean War Era
This printed email, part of the Bancroft Korean War collection, preserves a firsthand account from Navy patrol squadron VP-47 veterans describing the dramatic 1952 ditching of aircraft BA-12 and the near-miraculous survival of a crew member rescued by a picket destroyer amid heavy seas. Project: 218108