17 recovered from 1952 crash
Mary send us a link to the Defense Department press release about the recovery of 17 service members from the crash site of a C-124 Globemaster on Colony Glacier.
On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster aircraft crashed while en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, from McChord Air Force Base, Washington. There were 11 crewmen and 41 passengers on board. Adverse weather conditions precluded immediate recovery attempts. In late November and early December 1952, search parties were unable to locate and recover any of the service members.
The recovered remains were;
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lawrence S. Singleton, Pvt. James Green, Jr., and Pvt. Leonard A. Kittle; U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Earl J. Stearns; U.S. Navy Cmdr. Albert J. Seeboth; U.S. Air Force Col. Noel E. Hoblit, Col. Eugene Smith, Capt. Robert W. Turnbull, 1st Lt. Donald Sheda, 1st Lt. William L. Turner, Tech. Sgt. Engolf W. Hagen, Staff Sgt. James H. Ray, Senior Airman Marion E. Hooton, Airman 1st Class Carroll R. Dyer, Airman 1st Class Thomas S. Lyons, Airman 1st Class Thomas C. Thigpen, and Airman Howard E. Martin have been recovered and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
It was the crew of a Alaska National Guard (AKNG) UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter that spotted evidence of the wreck nearly two years ago that led the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) to search the site.
DoD scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used forensic tools and circumstantial evidence in the identification of 17 service members. The remaining personnel have yet to be recovered and the crash site will continued to be monitored for future possible recovery.
Category: No Longer Missing
Using Google Earth, that site is about 45 air miles from Elmendorf AFB. Having spent some time back in that mountain range, I’m not surprised that it took this long. They crashed at the beginning of winter and, in the wintertime, it snows like the very devil back there. By the time anyone could get to the area, the wreck would be covered by snow, invisible, and unfindable. I note that in 1952, no one would know exactly where they were when they went down; searching for a wreck buried in snow in that mountain range is relatively impossible.
At this point the wreck is either showing up in an icefall or emerging from the toe of the glacier. The recovery has risks of its own – kudos to the people doing that work.
May they rest in peace.
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AMEN!
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Welcome home brothers.
God bless them for their service. God bless and be with their families now. May they all rest in peace.
Welcome home, brothers. Rest now in peace.