The Snapshots in Time Collection
Newspaper Clipping: "Chicago Area Naval Officer Killed in Plane Off Korea" (Ensign Wayne E. Bancroft)
A hometown newspaper reports the loss of Ensign Wayne Eugene Bancroft of Mount Prospect, Illinois, one of ten men killed when a Navy PBM Mariner patrol plane crashed off Korea on December 26. This clipping, preserved by the Bancroft family, documents the human cost of naval patrol operations during the Korean War. Project: 218240