The Snapshots in Time Collection

Newspaper Clippings: PBM Patrol Bomber Crash off Korea, Korean War

Newspaper Clippings: PBM Patrol Bomber Crash off Korea, Korean War

These newspaper clippings document a tragic 1952 crash of a U.S. Navy PBM patrol bomber off the Korean coast, which claimed the lives of ten of the fourteen crewmen aboard. The four survivors, rescued after two hours adrift by the destroyer USS Renshaw, were brought to the naval base at Yokosuka, Japan. Project: 218289