among the crew of five and four passengers were uninjured." 30 November An Argentine Air Force Vickers VC.1 Viking T-1 crashed at El Palomar Airport in Argentina. 10 December Curtiss R5C-1 Commando military transport BuNo 39528 (c/n 26715/CU355, ex-USAAF 42-3582) of VMR-152 crashed into Mount Rainier's South Tahoma Glacier near the 9,500-foot level, killing 32 U.S. Marines. The wreckage was not found until 22 July 1947. "Capt. A. O. Rule, commanding officer of Sand Point naval air station, said that the transport flew directly into the side of a sheer 3,000 foot cliff, exploded and threw parts and personnel over a wide area. 'In view of the nature of the glacier at the foot of this mountainside,' he said, 'little hope is entertained for the recovery of the bodies. "The ice and deep crevasses of Tahoma glacier high on Mount Rainier may have claimed forever the bodies of 32 Marines who died when their transport plane flew into the mountain last Dec. 10, it was indicated today (27 July) by the Navy and by searchers back from a second climb on the glacier. The climbers said they recovered additional evidence of the identity of the plane and saw much more wreckage that could not be reached, but failed to locate a single body." Testing of the sole prototype CAC CA-15, A62-1001 (unofficially known as the Kangaroo, and first flown on 4 March 1946), ended when Flt Lt J. A. L. Archer experienced a hydraulic failure (later found to be a leaking ground test gauge) on his approach to Point Cook; Archer had no choice but to orbit and burn off fuel. The main gear was halfway down and unable to be retracted (or lowered) any further, but the tail wheel was down and locked. On landing, the tail wheel struck the airstrip first; this caused the aircraft to porpoise before the airscoop dug in. The aircraft settled back on the fuselage and skidded to a stop, heavily damaged. After repairs at CAC, it returned to ARDU in 1948. Since jets were entering service, no further development occurred and the airframe was scrapped in 1950. 30 December U.S. Navy Martin PBM-5 Mariner flying boat BuNo 59098, supporting Operation Highjump, departed from seaplane tender USS Pine Island on a prolonged reconnaissance flight and crashed during a blizzard in Antarctica. Three crew members were killed, and six others were stranded for 13 days