Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 9 · column 4 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
and there were no sightings. This “confirmed the probability of disaster,” according to the unit history. The search resumed on the morning of Sept. 12 but, again due to bad weather, the effort was limited to the use of helicopters and light aircraft. At about 12:42 p.m., MAG-33 received a message from K-2, which was forwarded to the squadron duty officer: “The 49th FighterBomber Group, located at K-2, called and said that a helicopter had located wreckage at coordinates EQ035445 (35 degrees, 37 minutes north latitude; 129 degrees, 3 minutes east longitude). The pilot said that there were at least five jet-type aircraft, and possibly six. The planes were pretty well tom up.” The wreckage was scattered along a mountain ridge about 23 miles southeast of K-2, in the vicinity of UnmanSan, a 4,068-foot mountain peak. The flight had been missing for 41 hours, and now it was apparent that all six had crashed into the mountainc' within seconds of the last radio transmission.
Soon after the word reached VMF115, a search party was organized. It was too late to start out that night, so they departed K-3 at 4 a.m. on Sept. 13, traveling across the rugged terrain in two jeeps and four cargo trucks. Aided by a helicopter from VMO-6, the search party finally reached the area where the wreckage had been reported. At the first site, they confirmed that the wreckage was one of the missing VF-115 aircraft. Just before dark, they arrived at the scene of a second wrecked Panther and made a positive
92.6%