13 APRIL 1945
First Lieutenant Archie A. Yelvington, pilot of "Playmate Four Six" departed Zamboanga at 0640 to conduct a special search over Northern Mindanao for a Marine B-25 (PBJ) crew reported to have crashed near Pangayan at 08°40'N, 125°27'E on 12 April 1945. Lieutenant Yelvington landed off shore at Pangayan for information and found three survivors whom he took aboard. They informed him that the other three were in Misamis Hospital at Libertad, about 15 miles North. Lieutenant Yelvington landed off Libertad at 0945, went ashore and assisted in bringing the three severely injured survivors aboard. He departed Libertad at 1200, landing at Zamboanga at 1350, where the survivors were transferred to the Marine Hospital. Lieutenant Good, the pilot, stated that on a mission over the Jap held airstrip at Del Monte, his ship was so extensively damaged by anti-aircraft fire that a forced landing was imminent. He attempted to reach Iligan Bay, but crashed a few hundred yards inland. The plane burst into flames as it struck, but the six crewmembers miraculously escaped. With the exception of Lieutenant Good, all were injured, four seriously. The radar operator was killed in the crash and was buried by the Filipinos in a Catholic cemetery at Libertad. Three of the more seriously injured were taken to Misamis Hospital at Libertad, where they were cared for by a Filipino doctor until removed to Zamboanga.

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