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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nFuzeVT and jonp send a link to the story on Fox News<\/a> about Fallen American Veterans Foundation (FAVF)<\/a> which is attempting to recover the last two missing Coast Guardsmen of the Second World War from their icy grave in Greenland – as much as 350 feet of icy;<\/p>\n Co-founded by Sapienza with survivors of three U.S. Navy airmen from 1946\u2019s Operation High Jump, which sought to establish the U.S. Antarctic research base, FAVF\u2019s first mission is focused on a U.S. Coast Guard J2F-4 Grumman Duck amphibious biplane, which went down amid rescue operations during a whiteout in remote terrain near K\u00f8ge Bugt, Greenland on Nov. 29, 1942. The plane was carrying the Coast Guard\u2019s pilot Lt. John Pritchard and Radioman 1st Class Benjamin Bottoms, as well as the U.S. Army Air Force\u2019s Corporal Loren Howarth.<\/p>\n Lou Sapienza, Chairman of FAVF \u2013 who leads an expert alliance of scientists, engineers and explorers on both government and non-government missions to recover the remains of those who disappeared in the line of duty. (Lou Sapienza)<\/p>\n For the U.S. Coast Guard \u2013 which has been working with the FAVF team on the expedition since 2010 \u2013 it is a far away expedition that hits especially close to home.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Coast Guard has offered to provide aircraft and helicopter support for a properly funded and expertly planned search,\u201d Sapienza said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The target plane and it’s crew might be covered in up to 350 feet of ice and snow. The recovery mission claims that they should be able to determine the location of them in 5-7 days beginning in April.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Ice-300x150.jpg\")
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