This Day in Alaska History-January 31st, 1956
Pilot Dies after Aircraft Strikes Cable along Matanuska River Thursday
Alaska State Troopers received notification of an aircraft crash in the Matanuska River near mile 77 of the Glenn Highway at just before 1 pm on Thursday afternoon and together with Alaska Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene. The aircraft was found in a portion of the river only accessible by boat and so the […]
AK State Office of Veterans Affairs to honor Army Guardsmen for 1955 rescue
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG 15’s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy plane flying a routine maritime patrol over the Bering Sea. It crash-landed on an ice shelf prompting fourteen Guardsmen from the First Scout Battalion to mount a rescue mission saving everyone on board. On July […]
All Occupants Rescued from Sinking Aircraft that Crashed on Iliamna Lake Saturday
All occupants of a plane crash a half mile offshore of Kokhanok on Iliamna Lake were rescued after the aircraft began taking on water and the passengers and pilot were forced to abandon the aircraft and enter the water. Dispatch at Fairbanks AST received a call reporting the crash at 6:20 pm on Saturday and […]