This San Francisco Examiner clipping from December 30, 1952 reports the loss of a U.S. Navy PBM patrol bomber off the coast of Korea, naming co-pilot Lt. (jg) Wayne Eugene Bancroft of Alameda, California among the ten flyers killed. Four crewmen survived and were rescued by the destroyer USS Renshaw. This article stands as a primary historical record documenting the human cost of naval aviation operations during the Korean War. Project: 218158