Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-06-06 | Page 1 | 18 Wacs, Plane Crew Missing in Africa

I CREW 18 PLANE MISSING IN AFRICA WASHINGTON June 6 UP anny An-anny transport plane ne and cr of three has been missing carrying 18 W A ACs Cs a crew w o f for r a week on a flight in Africa fric the war department department depart s ment announced Wednesday r. r The e pla plane e. e left A Accra cra British West Africa on a flight to Roberts field in Liberia on May 30 and was last reported report- report ed over T British Brit h West W st Africa about bo t 59 miles west of Accra TheW They The y A Cs members of a group assigned to the army army transport command base bae at Accra Acc since last fast October were being transferred ned to a a new new assignment ig ment Airplanes s' s and ind nd surface craft have undertaken en a widespread widespread wide wide- spread search for the missing g plane along the French Ivor Ivory coast coast- between British British- West Africa and Liberia Although some e VI WA A C Cs w were r V. wounded un by bombing on bing Sn in England and at least one ne lost h her rl life e i in an air crash in inthis this country c thOse these th se are re the reported lost overseas overseas overseas over over- seas d during g th the war