Felix Moncla
Felix Eugene Moncla Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Gene |
| Born | October 21, 1926 |
| Died | presumably November 23, 1953 (aged 27) |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army United States Air Force |
| Service years | 1945-1946 U.S. Army 1950-1953 U.S. Air Force |
| Rank | First Lieutenant |
First Lieutenant Felix Eugene Moncla Jr. (October 21, 1926 – presumed dead November 23, 1953) was a United States Air Force (USAF) pilot who disappeared while performing an air defense intercept over Lake Superior in 1953. His disappearance is sometimes known as the Kinross Incident, after Kinross Air Force Base, where Moncla was on temporary assignment at the time he vanished.
The USAF reported that Moncla had crashed into Lake Superior while tracking a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) C-47 aircraft which was off course. According to the report, the pilot of the Canadian aircraft did not know that he was the subject of an interception.