Missing in Action: The Accra WACs

On 30 May 1945, four planes left the Air Transport Command at Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa transferring the remaining members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) previously of Squadron D, 1202d Army Air Forces (AAF) Base Unit (BU) to new assignments in England. The third plane never landed at the intended meeting spot, Roberts Army Air Field in Liberia. That plane was carrying 18 WACs and 3 crewmembers in the Army Air Corps. After an exhaustive search, the Army listed those 21 as Missing in Action. They are still Missing in Action today.