The Enduring Mystery of a Plane That Vanished in the Icy Canadian Wilderness With 44 People On Board

Francine Uenuma History Correspondent The last words Robert Espe, a master sergeant in the United States Air Force, said to his wife, Joyce, were ones of caution: “If you have to jump, give the baby to Sergeant Roy Jones.” It was January 26, 1950, and Joyce and the couple’s young son, Victor, had just boarded a military aircraft traveling from Anchorage to Montana. Though the disproportionate dangers of flying in…