The long-lost crash site from Operation Attaché, a 1948 U.S. Navy Beechcraft Expeditor flight, has been formally documented in northern Saskatchewan — 77 years after the event.

The aircraft went missing during a September 1948 flight from Churchill, Manitoba, to The Pas, prompting a major RCAF-led search, the largest search and rescue in Canada at that time. All five aboard survived and were rescued after 12 days in the bush. Over the years, local aviators and trappers were generally aware of the wreck, but no official documentation or photos were recorded.

In 2025, Governor General History Award nominee Saskatchewan documentarian Scott Woroniuk and collaborators David Riach, Les Oystryk from Denare Beach  and Doug Chisholm, completed the first confirmation of the site’s identity. Their work provides the first  record linking the wreck to the 1948 U.S. Navy incident, closing a 77-year gap in Canada’s postwar aviation history.

Woroniuk’s 14-minute short documentary, Lost in the Muskeg: The Plane Canada Forgot, will premiere tomorrow  on YouTube as part of his ongoing Abandoned Saskatchewan series.