I have been researching my uncle's Missing Air Crew for 20 years. I have always planned to go to Yap and search for the plane therefore, it was very exciting to make the trip the other week. We spent a week traveling the island interviewing Yapese elders, diving the reef, hacking through the jungle, and crawling through mangrove swamps to locate planes. I now need a vacation to recover from my vacation. Although we did not find my uncle's plane, we did find numerous other American crash sites and documented the sites with interviews, pictures, and digital video. I'm already planning a return to Yap next year. I was thrilled to find the Corsair and Hellcats. Please feel free to view pictures of the crash/wreck sites at:
http://www.missingaircrew.com/yapoct.asp
We did not spend a lot of time on the Japanese wrecks outside of the wrecks we could locate on the way to find American crash sites. My goal is to document all the American and Japanese planes on Yap over the next few years including finding my uncle's plane in the water of the SE side of the island.
I created and will continue to use my
www.MissingAirCrew.com web site to document my search efforts.
I'm looking forward to using this forum as I move forward to post questions.
Thanks,
-Pat