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Personnel Missing -- Cold War
(PMCOLD Database)

PMCOLD Database Files Sorted by Name, State, and Incident:

• Crewmembers listed by Last Name
• Crewmembers listed by State
• Description of incidents and associated crew
• Single-page summary of all 14 incidents

Mailing Address:
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
Attn: PMCOLD
2400 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-2400

E-mail Address: (Please use this address only for sending modifications or corrections to information reflected in the PMCOLD database.)

PMCOLD@osd.pentagon.mil

There are 126 men listed as POW/MIA from the Cold War.The DoD lists 14 separate incidents :

DPMO Cold War Report Cold War Losses, Single Page Summary

Thirty-nine U.S. military aircraft and one civilian aircraft were either shot down by communist forces or crashed on the periphery of communist countries while flying operational missions during the Cold War (1946-1991). This table summarizes the 14 missions whose crews were either wholly- or partially-unaccounted for when DPMO was
created in 1993. For greater detail on each incident, go to the incident description page.

As you view these tables, keep in mind that behind every figure, there is or was a courageous service member. Although weve arranged them in tables and numbers to assist researchers, they will always be much more than that to us.

Returned or Aircraft Aircrew Recovered Remains

Loss Date Type Location Size Alive Recovered Missing

1. 8 Apr 50 PB4Y2 Baltic Sea 10 0 0 10
2. 6 Nov 51 P2V Sea of Japan 10 0 0 10
3. 13 Jun 52 RB-29 Sea of Japan 12 0 0 12
4. 7 Oct 52 RB-29 Pacific Ocean 8 0 1 7
5. 29 Nov 52 Civilian Peoples Republic
of China 4 2 0 2
6. 18 Jan 53 P2V Formosa Straits 13 7 0 6
7. 29 Jul 53 RB-50 Sea of Japan 17 1 2 14
8. 17 Apr 55 RB-47 Bering Sea 3 0 0 3
9. 22 Aug 56 P4M East China Sea 16 0 4 12
10. 10 Sep 56 RB-50 Sea of Japan 16 0 0 16
11. 2 Sep 58 C-130 Armenia 17 0 17 0
12. 1 Jul 60 RB-47 Barents Sea 6 2 1 3
13. 14 Dec 65 RB-57 Black Sea 2 0 0 2
14. 15 Apr 69 EC-121 Sea of Japan 31 0 2 29
TOTAL 165 12 27 126

Here is the Link for Personnel Missing -- Cold War(PMCOLD Database)

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/coldwar/pmcold.htm

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