DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

HEADQUARTERS AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO

Aircraft that crashed before 19 November 1961, when a fire destroyed the pertinent Air Force records, and that remain wholly or partially unrecovered, are considered formally abandoned. The Air Force neither maintains title to, nor has property interest in, these aircraft. The authority for access to, and recovery of, these aircraft, as well as liability for damages assocaited with their recovery, are matters to be resolved between persons seeking recovery and landowners of the wreckage sites.