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by Leondus
Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:55 am
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Maj. Frank H. Blakey?
Replies: 1
Views: 4620

Maj. Frank H. Blakey?

Does anyone have anymore info about Maj. Frank H. Blakey? All I know of his disappearance is this Blakey was commanding officer of the 305th Airdrome Squadron near Aitape, New Guinea, when he was last seen driving a jeep on June 10, 1944, near the unit's POW stockade. When he failed to return to his...
by Leondus
Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:54 pm
Forum: Member Profiles
Topic: About Me: Leondus Hutchison
Replies: 0
Views: 4723

About Me: Leondus Hutchison

Hi all, I'm Leondus Hutchison and enjoy a good mystery. A few years back I started researching my family history and noticed that two Hutchison's are listed as missing during WW2. Going on some tips I requested my first of many MACR and started off in the land of research. I soon found pacificwrecks...
by Leondus
Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:08 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Japanese Midget Submarine Found
Replies: 4
Views: 9069

Did they show any underwater pics of the midget sub?

Tell the truth, I thought you was first talking about the 5th midget sub missing from Pearl Harbor attack.
by Leondus
Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:52 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Japanese Midget Submarine Found
Replies: 4
Views: 9069

sub 'located' ? again By D.D. McNicoll November 24, 2006 12:21am LITTLE more than a year after the last breathless "discovery" of a Japanese midget submarine missing after the 1942 raid on Sydney, two television programs and a women's magazine have found "the real McCoy". Last night Channel 7's Toda...
by Leondus
Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:33 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: Japanese 18th Army Stragglers in Papua
Replies: 1
Views: 6067

No Surrender Japanese Holdouts
http://www.wanpela.com/holdouts/index.html
by Leondus
Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:02 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: C-47A 42-92062 MACR 9016
Replies: 0
Views: 4216

C-47A 42-92062 MACR 9016

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/c-47/42-92062.html Location: Hollandia 5th Aif Force 433rd Troop Carrier 70th Troop Carrier Point of Departure Cyclops Airdrome Course Unknown Destination Finschhafen Mission Operational Weather Clear with occassional scattered thunderstorms, Visibility Good Too...
by Leondus
Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:09 pm
Forum: Pacific Wrecks Updates & Information
Topic: MIA Database Redesign - Request For Information
Replies: 5
Views: 12275

MIA section looks good, like always :) How about adding subs that went missing? I have been researching both U.S. and Dutch subs that went missing and its really interesting research. Also, I should be getting a photo scanned of WOJG Dawson Hutchison (MACR 6580) I'm still researching 41-2464, last f...
by Leondus
Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:13 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: USS Wahoo (SS-238) Found!?!
Replies: 0
Views: 4277

USS Wahoo (SS-238) Found!?!

Here is another missing sub found
http://www.mackinnon.org/wahoo-home-frame.html

http://www.mackinnon.org/wahoo-side-scan-comparison.pdf
PDF file above has some great sonar images
by Leondus
Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:58 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Object off Alaska coast may be WWII sub
Replies: 1
Views: 4865

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061005/capt.8a3a97a853c6437a8c91f245d38372ea.lost_submarine_akag902.jpg This 2006 photo provided by Williamson & Associates, via Bruce Abele shows an underwater sonar image of a black shape near Kiska Island that may be the USS Grunion, which sank off of the isl...
by Leondus
Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:13 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: Object off Alaska coast may be WWII sub
Replies: 1
Views: 4865

Object off Alaska coast may be WWII sub

http://www.ussgrunion.com/ The Search for the Grunion, A 60 Year Old Mystery Has more info and Final Voyage- The story of the USS Grunion and 'Jim' as told by his son, Brad Abele http://www.999info.net/Jim.pdf ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Underwater sonar images of a black shape against a background of grain...
by Leondus
Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:44 am
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: WW2 Japanese soldier skeletons and airport found??
Replies: 1
Views: 6536

WW2 Japanese soldier skeletons and airport found??

Does anyone know the full news report for this? The link to it is 404 http://hitlernews.cloudworth.com/link.php?h3rid=612 WW2 Japanese soldier skeletons and airport found by News.com 2005-November-10 Thousands of skeletons of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II have been found on an island ...
by Leondus
Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:34 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: B-24/C-109 wreck on the Hump
Replies: 19
Views: 26186

AeroTransport Data Bank
http://www.aerotransport.org/spooled/at ... ns_88.html
or
http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=regn+42-15890
has 42-15890 listed but my session limits exceeded for this week :(

Does anyone have membership to this org?
by Leondus
Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:31 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: B-24/C-109 wreck on the Hump
Replies: 19
Views: 26186

I just download the image and hit it with paintshop pro, using Negative image and Histogram.

It looks like
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by Leondus
Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:41 pm
Forum: Wrecks & Losses
Topic: B-24/C-109 wreck on the Hump
Replies: 19
Views: 26186

eek!
CBI had around 600+ planes go down/missing and about half of them was every found.
by Leondus
Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:09 pm
Forum: Missing/Killed In Action (MIA/KIA)
Topic: JPAC Deploys to Papua New Guinea
Replies: 5
Views: 8839

Looking over the two eyewitness' statements, 41-30771 should be 100-200 feet from shore off Cape Kusserow(spelling?)

Also the plane just fell 200 feet and was near the shore, so chance for survival after the aircraft re-surfaced is high.