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Lost In Time! A Search For World War II MIAs MIA Hunters Search Missions; May/June 2007 Listing of Crash Sites Discovered & Their Prospective MIAs Crash Site No. 1 USA P38 aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Crash Site No. 2 US Navy aircraft 2 Crew Total 2 Crash Site No. 3 Japanese bomber 3 Crew Total 3 Crash Site No. 4 Japanese bomber 3 Crew Total 3 Crash Site No. 5 USA P47 aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Reported 30 US soldiers executed and buried Total 30 Crash Site No. 6 Unknown USA Aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Mission to reach this iste incomplete. Crash Site No. 7 USA aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Crash Site No. 8 Japanese bomber 3 Crew Total 3 Crash Site No. 9 Japanese bomber 3 Crew Total 3 Crash Site No. 10 USA Aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Crash Site No. 11 USA Aircraft 1 Pilot Total 1 Japanese bomber. Reported 10 Japanese buried in village. Total 10 Crash Site No. 12 Deserted wartime runway & 14 with two Japanese bombers. No MIAs. Total 0 TOTAL PROSPECTIVE MIA’S: 38 USA. 22 JAPANESE. TOTAL 60 As many as 60 World War II MIAs, lost in time for 62 years, may be coming home, the result of three daring MIA search missions in the jungles of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by an all-volunteer group of Earn a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Concentrations offered in Professional Flight and Aviation Management For more than 35 years, Minnesota State Mankato has prepared aviation professionals for successful careers! Our students enjoy a supportive and educative atmosphere while pursuing their aviation goals. We are pleased to announce: > New fleet of aircraft including DA-20s, Warriors and Seminoles > Technically advanced avionics > Flight instructor opportunities available to all students who complete our flight training program > Flight instruct while completing college degree > Great internship opportunities karla.worden@mnsu.edu • www.mnsu.edu/aviation • 507-389-6116 A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Minnesota State Mankato is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity University. A new era in professional aviation education 50 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007
CRASH SITE No. 14 Americans, mostly senior citizens whose average age was 60, including three women. The 22 volunteers, in three groups, made hazardous treks into jungle not previously visited by white people. In advance of the missions, each put their home arrangements in order in case they did not come back. Each knew they would be in harms way, carrying their own tent, food, water and supplies with help from porters in temperatures which would peak at 94 degrees. They would stay in tents or native huts in villages who had previously never received white people. In a jungle of ants, spiders, scorpions, snakes and crocodiles, they would cross rivers up to their chests in fast-flowing MIA HUNTERS MIA HUNTERS trackers have found at least Fully briefed and escorted. 23 Missions experience and over 100 MIAs discovered. This is not for everyone, but it will be the adventure of your life. And no one has ever been lost or left behind. Five Search Missions in May and June ‘08. Only eight persons per Mission plus native tracker/guides and a Mission Leader. Price includes round-trip coach air fare from MSP, taxes, visas, hotels, ground transportation, meals and jungle expenses, etc. You bring lightweight clothes, backpack, life jacket and tent. We do the rest. FIND OUR MIAs! MIA HUNTERS We can take you there! OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 51
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