The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: DofN
Declassified Korean War-era Navy records from Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47), documenting the December 1952 loss of a PBM-5 Mariner off Korea's east coast and the crew lost with it, including Lt(jg) Hayne E. Bancroft. Squadron histories, accident investigations, and late-1990s family correspondence trace the search for answers across nearly five decades.
Navy Personnel Command Letter to Olga T. Bancroft Regarding Missing Persons Case
Letter from Barbara Hedrick Regarding MIA Serviceman Rufus Lloyd 'Bud' Mounce, July 20, 1999
VP-47 Historical Report Transmittal Letter, Korean War Era (1952), Declassified
Naval Speedletter: PBM-5 Mariner Aircraft Accident Report, VP-47, 30 December 1952 (Korean War)
Official U.S. Navy Report Copy — Aircraft Loss and Search-and-Rescue Summary, Naming Lt(jg) Hayne E. Bancroft
Typed Page from U.S. Navy Squadron War Diary/History Report, Korean War, Referencing Operations at Iwakuni and Fukuoka, Japan (Fax Dated 12-4-98)
Page 8 of Naval Aircraft Accident Investigation Report (Fax Transmission), Naval Aviation History/News
