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to: at Se Bs, corgt aan AIR RESCUE SLAVICD Stet DETATINEKT 8 (€24 AAF Ba) “So MoChord Field, Tacoma, Fashington ef , 4 August 1447 i SUSJECT2 Final Mestor Report | Ls TOs Commanding Officer : 3 Air Rescue Service ‘ se . FaoDlll Fielc, Florida f 2 ns Psy 2. MISSION NUMAER ThirtyeKine. te ° { MATURE me At C400 PST, 1 Aurust 47, AY PLIGHT SEEVICR notified thie cotachnont thet a plane had been soon to crash and burn thirteon (13) miles south of KEL70, Kaahington (46°98 'N, 122955 "ie Se ACTION TAKEN . @- 2 kus 47. At 04980 POT, AVS receiwoed information fro- Mre O- C. Clark, looal:sheriff ef FRLSS, Was!:., that the scene of the erash wea * fiftcon (18) to twenty (29) miles east of KELSC in the vielnits of OGLE CRuike Tho KRLS)D Chief of Police eaw en alroraft fly low over tho town, the ornsh and burn to the ocate The tins was about 0230 Pot. 2 chook of aircraft kncyr to be in the wioinlty revealed that 4625 315.6 hac departed BCCU CRD FIELD wt 0212 PST for HAMILTON FIELD, California. The weavhor was reported as CPR. A full moon made visibility exceptionally geod. The pilot's nene was CAFT, Ke Co DAVIUSOXs the plano carried three (3) additicnal _ porscnts The Ease Uperationa Officer and Base PIO were notified. This Getsohnent began organising @ ground party of base personnel to supplomer.t that being forsod by the KELSS Chief of Polloe. At 0500 9ST inforretion was received from KAL30 by APS that ground fog in the valleys at tie sce: of the oresh wes preventing a grouncé party from locating the plance Since no Gommunication hed been recoived from 8-25 £1316, 1t was assumed thet it was the pleno reported as crashed. ARS C-47 wags pre-flighted to transport the érny ground perty to KELSO but a cheok of the fleld conditions there Goomed"it advisable to use a smaller alroraft. Of the tuo Ceof5s avellable, one belonrinrn to APS wee unaorvioed after a night flighty the other, belonge ing to AACS, was readied even thouch a responsible officer of that orrane ization wes not present to authorise the flight. For at RslsS0 preve:.ted | takeecff until 0700 PST. The ground party, led by CAPTe Re lee LITTHELL end . GAPT. Te Re FOCRSSSAT, consisted of eix men Inoluding a medical technician io and aw photographer. At OG00 PST, the KFLSO Chief of Police notified AS , ake that a paasongor of the orashod airplano was in his offico end had confirmed ey - = at 2 ae: @CcLe~ wae CON ELD EDEL = ee