The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: new scans
Newspaper clippings preserved in a Korean War scrapbook chronicle the December 1952 ditching of a U.S. Navy PBM patrol bomber in the frigid Sea of Japan, which claimed ten of the fourteen men aboard. Casualty lists, survivor interviews, and hometown profiles show how the war's losses reached American families through the local press.
Newspaper Clipping: 'Valley Airman Dies In Korea Crash Killing 10; Fresnan Is Saved' – Fresno Bee, Korean War
Newspaper Clipping: Navy Aircraft Accident Survivors Identified, Page 2 Continuation
Newspaper Clipping: "Ten Are Killed In Navy Crash" — PBM Patrol Bomber Loss, Korean War Era
Newspaper Clipping: 'Bomber Crash Victims Named' — San Francisco Examiner, December 30, 1952, Lt. Wayne Eugene Bancroft
Newspaper Account of Korean War Navy Patrol Bomber Ditching, Sea of Japan, December 1952
