Exclusive for Podcrashers:
On January 26, 1950, a US Air Force Douglas C54-D Skymaster took to the skies with 44 people onboard - and was never heard from again. Join Shelly for this exclusive Patreon-only episode as she walks us through the intense, yet brief, search for the plane - and how the mystery of what happened to the 44 people onboard still endures to this very day.Sources consulted for this story:
- CBC Documentary Channel
- Wikipedia list of US commercial fatal airplane crashes
- Check Six
- The National Post
- Boeing
- Military History Fandom
- The Ottawa Citizen
- CBC News
- Skymaster Down Documentary Trailer by Andrew Gregg courtesy of Red Trillium Films
- Triple Charters
- The White Horse Star
Credits:
Written and produced by: Shelly Price and Stephanie HubkaDirected and engineered at: Snow Monster Studios
Sound editor: Podcast Engineers
Producer: Adam Hubka
Music by: Mike Dunn
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster. On Jan. 26, 1950, the military transport plane left Anchorage, Alaska, with 44 passengers on board. It disappeared after signaling to a small outpost in Snag, Yukon, and has still never been found. Source: AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Joyce Espe who was pregnant, travelling with her 2-year-old son to see an obstetrician in Colorado. All 44 passengers aboard the Skymaster are presumed dead. Source: SUPPLIED
One of the planes that crashed while searching for the Skymaster in 1950, near Haines Junction in the Yukon. Source: ANDREW GREGG
