2. Finding the KN563 A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Michael Barbour Wayne State University Play the game Game Directions Story Credits Copyright Notice Game Preparation Objectives Game Pieces © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

3. The Story of “Finding the KN563” In the closing days of World War II six soldiers went missing when their C-47 Dakota airplane failed to return to base. More than 50 years later there is finally a clue to the location of the missing plane and its crew - a local has found a piece of wreckage in a remote part of northern Burma near the border with India that just might be the KN563. Your job is to trek through the countryside of Burma, beginning at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Taukkyan near Rangoon (now Yangon) to the possible crash site to verify the find. Along the way you will be asked questions about the plane, crew, their mission and the salvage operation. Answer these questions correctly and you’ll make your way through the dense jungle to the crash site. Home Page © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

4. Game Directions The goal of the game is to answer the questions correctly and be the first person to reach the crash site. To play the game you have to answer the questions correctly in order to roll the dice and move along the board. To win the game you have to be the first person to reach the crash site. Return © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

5. Game Preparation Gameboard: Print out slide 8. Game Pieces: Print out slide 9 and cut out each individual piece. Questions: Print out slide 11 to keep track of which questions have been answered. Dice: Make sure you obtain two 6-sided dice for game play. Home Page © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

6. Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise or adapt this game at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Michael Barbour, Wayne State University, January 25, 2008 with the title “Finding the KN563.” Home Page © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

7. Educational Objectives Audience –Middle and Secondary School Students Subject Area Objectives –Students will be able to identify the mission of the KN563 –Students will be able to describe the recovery mission for the KN563 Home Page © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

8. Copyright Copyright 2008 National Film Board of Canada. Designer: Michael Barbour. Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there. Home Page © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

10. Game Pieces Return © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

11. Time to play “Finding the KN563”! Home PageGame Directions Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 6 Question 4 Question 5 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 12 Question 10 Question 11 © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

12. That’s correct! Click here to continue. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

13. Sorry, that’s not correct! Click here to continue. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

14. 1. How old was the youngest crewman on the KN563? Home Page 20 18 21 19 © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

15. 2. How old was the oldest crewman? Home Page 26 24 28 30 © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

16. 3. What was the crew dropping? Home Page Rice and flour Military supplies Bombs Paratroopers © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

17. 4. Why was the search stopped? Home Page The war ended. Too much anti-aircraft fire. They had searched everywhere. They didn’t know where to search. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

18. 5. When did the recovery team finally go to Burma? Home Page 1996 1966 1976 1986 © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

19. 6. What was not an aim of the mission? Home Page Look for survivors Recover the bodies Locate the plane Recover artifacts © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

20. 7. What was the status of the plane when they found it? Home Page It was broken up into little bits. It has been completed rusted or salvaged. It was still in one main piece. It was broken into a few large sections. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

21. 8. What was something that didn’t come as a surprise to the recovery team? Home Page The landing zone had been cleared. How badly the plane was broken up. There was a well-beaten path to the plane. The crash site was in a clearing. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

22. 9. Which of the following was not a theory of what happened to the plane? Home Page It was shot down. It lost a wing and then crashed. It flipped over then crashed. The monsoon winds forced it down. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

23. 10. Whose watch was found at the crash site by the recovery team? Home Page Stanley (Jimmy) Cox’s David Cameron’s William (Bill) Rogers’ William (Bill) Kyle’s © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

24. 11. Which of the following is not a reason why the recovery team was concerned there would be no remains found? Home Page They survived the crash and died elsewhere. Decay of the bodies. Force of the crash. Scavenging from locals. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada

25. 12. Which of the following is not a reason the soldiers on the recovery team were moved when they found a watch? Home Page This was the first time some of them had laid comrades to rest. They had an artifact to return to a family member. It belonged to someone who died serving his country. Some thought it could have easily happened to them as soldiers. © 2008 National Film Board of Canada