Re: US plane lost over northeastern Adriatic in the summer of 1950
This does not quite fit your timeline, but a C-47 was "lost" on November 19/20, 1951 and searches were conducted using C-82 Packets.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19646629/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19646578/
Other articles describe how permission was given for searchers to fly over certain areas in Yugoslavia.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19646705/
http://www.6901st.org/history/shootdown.htm
The copilot's story is here, note the plane was actually forced down:
https://books.google.com/books?id=mV...slavia&f=false
Last edited by RSwank; 30th April 2018 at 18:54.
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