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How to Research Your Own Case
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- Message Traffic know as TWX "twix"
- Official statement of Loss: Air Force Form 484 - Missing Person Supplementary Report. Army Form 130-R Report Incident. Department of Defense Form 1300 - Report Casualty
- Intelligence Reports/Groups 559 Reports
- Unit Memos or Statements-for-the-Record
- Personal correspondence
- Follow-up statements
- Families or other crewmen (get the same files)
- Library of Congress for Search-and-Rescue (SAR) Logs
- National Archives Southeast Asia Archival Database
- Mission type and Flight plan route
- Time (planned vs. actual; can be different zones)
- Weather conditions
- Position (can be in different formats)
- Altitude/Airspeed/Heading
- Additional mission notes
- Plot locations of cases resolved by DPAA
- Status of uncorrelated cases
- Work from the known to the unknown
- Don't stumble over outlying information
- Remember the KISS Principle
- Ask Archival Researchers
Lessons Learned in analyzing Missing-in-Action Cases
Analytical Case Categories
Government Acronyms
Partnerships Working Together
