Skymaster Down

On January 26 1950 a US Airforce troop plane left Anchorage for Montana with 44 people on board The crew of the Douglas C54 Skymaster 2469 was supposed to check in every half hour along the route As the aircraft crossed into Yukon they radioed the tiny outpost of Snag to say that there was ice forming on the wings but otherwise all was well After that the Skymaster disappeared And to this day no sign of the aircraft or its passengers has ever been found This fascinating Yukonshot documentary tells the stories of the victims families and an intrepid group of Yukoners striving to give those families closure by searching every summer in hopes that the Skymaster will finally turn up