Coast Guard Announces WWII Coast Guard Grumman Duck Crash Site Located After 70 Years

Created: January 14, 2013

By using historical information, ground penetrating radar, a magnetometer and metal detection equipment, the expedition team isolated the location where the aircrew crashed on Nov. 29, 1942.

An expedition team of U.S. Coast Guard service members and North South Polar, Inc. scientists and explorers display the POW/MIA flag in honor of the expedition to find the crash site of a WWII Coast...
An expedition team of U.S. Coast Guard service members and North South Polar, Inc. scientists and explorers display the POW/MIA flag in honor of the expedition to find the crash site of a WWII Coast Guard Grumman Duck rescue aircraft missing for 70 years with three men aboard, beneath the surface of a glacier near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 28, 2012. The POW/MIA flag is a recognized symbol for military personnel who were taken as prisoners of war or missing in action. U.S. Coast Guard photo by...
Robert "WeeGee" Smith, left, of North South Polar, Inc. melts ice at the wreckage of the WWII Coast Guard J2F-4 Grumman Duck rescue aircraft missing for 70 years with three men aboard, beneath the ice...
Robert "WeeGee" Smith, left, of North South Polar, Inc. melts ice at the wreckage of the WWII Coast Guard J2F-4 Grumman Duck rescue aircraft missing for 70 years with three men aboard, beneath the ice near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 29, 2012. An expedition team of Coast Guard servicemembers and North South Polar, Inc. Scientists and explorers located the crash site. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

The Coast Guard is coordinating efforts with the Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command on future actions for this site.

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