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The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
Corrie McKeague (16 September 1993 – 24 September 2016) [1] went missing in the early hours of 24 September 2016 in the Bury St Edmunds area of Suffolk, England. Before disappearing, he served as a Royal Air Force Regiment gunner. McKeague was last seen, on town centre CCTV footage, entering a cul-de-sac which contained a number of wheelie bins.
In January 2010, search efforts to locate the possible crash site in Santa Monica Bay were unsuccessful. [4] [7] [8] [9] The television show Expedition Unknown, Season 6, Episode 8, "America's Lost WWII Hero", aired on the Discovery Channel on May 22, 2019. In this episode they searched for Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins' crash site.
On 7 February, a C-47D, 45-1037, from Eielson Air Force Base employed on the search by the 5010th Wing, crashed on a mountain slope south of Aishihik Lake. There were ten crew members on board, but there were no fatalities. [8] On 16 February, a Royal Canadian Air Force C-47, KJ-936, crashed near Snag.
Wing Commander John Robert Baldwin, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, AFC (16 July 1918 – missing in action 15 March 1952) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and the top scoring fighter ace flying the Hawker Typhoon exclusively during the Second World War.
Captain William Schaffner (September 11, 1941 – September 8, 1970) was a pilot in the United States Air Force. He disappeared, presumed dead, flying a BAC Lightning over the North Sea while on exchange with the Royal Air Force.
Main article: 1986 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance Delivery flight operated by Indian Air Force. [173] August 3, 1986: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter: 13: Weather (storm loss) North Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean Sea) Main article: LIAT Flight 319 Operated by LIAT. [174] May 27, 1987: Cessna 402 (N2652B) 1: Unknown North Atlantic Ocean ...
The Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force (RAF SARF or RAF SAR Force) was a unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF) which provided around-the-clock aeronautical search and rescue cover in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and the Falkland Islands, from 1986 until 2016.