The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-24
SHIP GOES INT0CRA5H,
 BARREN ICE
Fuel Runs Out on Flight ii Crewmen Believed
 Unhurt-Restue Work

| NEW rum, rtC. At.-'r-- iNc l1-mdn creto ct tDrecked BPS lUaS rescued from c Greenland ice cap today tl C daring flight by an Army C-54 tvhich carried them safely 10 Thule. G-eeniand, thc Army Air Transport Commend an- nounced here.
 The plane lDas piloted by Lt. Bob- tie Joe Capndr. 9. of Oknulgee. 1 Okla, iuho landed lis hedpy jour {, tngiacd plane beside the icreckdoe l of the B-29 tohich crashed last Sunday. the ATC announced.
 Maj. Gen WHham 1T. Turner, Commanding General ot the Atlan- tic Dirisicn of the ATC here an- nolnced the rescue.
 i It. Capndr made aUheel land ing on the snoiU beside the B-29 the ATC said.
 Using rockets 10 aid his take-oJ. It. CaUnar headed his plane back to Thule, 200 miles 10 the Scuth~of the crash scene, irhere the eieven drTiued dt l:05 (EST).
 The II men and u. Cagnar ,piH be taken to Westorer Field. Chico pee Falls. Mass, probably tomo,roio. he ATC said here.
 : Lt. CaDnar took oJ on the rescue operation rom Thule dt 9:30 q. m. (ESTD and landed beside the B-29 at ll:03 c. m. (ES7) H took just 27 initiates to lead the men and prepare for the takeotf
 Taking ott from the scene at Il 30 q. m. tue C-54 returned to : Thule at 1.05 D. m.. The rockets ,pore used on the C-54 to glue the heauy plane impetus Jor the take- oU.
 u. Caunar has been engaged tn lcperations for the ATC since l945. He has been recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross tCith oak Lcaf Cluster for hfs rescue.
 LADD FIELD, Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 24.-iP-Eleven Army Air Force fliers huddled today on the barren, icy reaches of the north western Greenland ice-cap as res 1 cue missions from two parts of the 1 world converged in a giant-scale ' operation for their evacuation. {! None of the II men, members of the B-29 photographic reconnais- sance Surerfortress "Kee Bird which crashed Friday, are believed 1 injured.
 Here was the rescue picture with the Armys race against time and i weather made more difficult by i the extreme cold and short days of i the Arctic region.
 Rescue Forces | Three transports and troop carrying glider winged their way across northern Canada from Ladd Field to establish an operational base at Thule, Greenland, 200 | miles south of the crash scene.
 At New York, Maj Gen. William T. Turner, Commanding General of the Atlantic Division of the Air Transport Command, took prelim- mary steps for rescue by heli- l copter or by dog team and alerted , all ATC aircraft in Newfoundland, I Labrador and Greenland to stand ready to aid.
 May Mush Them Out Capt. Donald A. Shaw, spec i ialist in Arctic rescue work, was i flown from New York to Goose Bay, Labrador There the ATC dog teams and equipment by which sled and dogs can be dropped by {, parachutes if it is necessary to "mush" the trapped men out A Coast Guard helicopter was packed in an ATC plane and dis patched to Gander. Newfoundland, to await further orders Another plane carrying replacement parts for the helicopter and additional Coast Guard operators stood by at Westover Field, Mass, to support the operation if Q helicopter res f cue were attempted.
 Contact By Radio | A reconnaissance flight by a third ATC plane. which late yes terday established radio contact with the marooned men, was to determine what means of rescue would be used, the ATC said. The plane returned last night to Son. dre Strom Fjord, bleak weather re- porting station. or the west coast of Greenland.
 Snatched Into Air
 Brig Gen Joseph H. Atkinson. Commanding General of the Alas ] kan Air Command and head of seach and rescue operations, said