Jacksonville investigative insert re NORJAK suspect James Hatfield, Pensacola interviews
Document date May 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-26:101-103
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-26:101-103 Document: Jacksonville investigative insert re NORJAK suspect James Hatfield, Pensacola interviews Id: Cooper-Part-26:101-103 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A101-103 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 pp. 101–103 (DB Cooper-8497–8499), Report, dated May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3440 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-26%3A101-103
JK 164-109 WOL/vyb 1
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The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent [REDACTED] at Pensacola, Florida:
Investigation at Pensacola, Florida, revealed that telephone number [REDACTED] is listed to a [REDACTED] Pensacola, Florida.
A review of the Pensacola, Florida City Directory and Telephone Directory for the year 1972 failed to reflect a listing for an [REDACTED]
On March 29 and 30, 1972, and again on April 6, 1972 and April 14, 1972, and on May 5, 1972, efforts to contact [REDACTED] Pensacola, Florida, met with negative results.as no one was found at that residence.
On May 5, 1972, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Pensacola, Florida, advised that she knows no one by the name of [REDACTED] She stated however that her telephone number was formerly [REDACTED] however it has now been changed within the last two weeks to telephone number [REDACTED]
She stated that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that he is employed by Hamrick Air-Conditioning in Pensacola, Florida. She stated that [REDACTED] does not have any [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] was asked if she [REDACTED] was acquainted with a JAMES HATFIELD at Gulf Shores, Alabama.
[REDACTED] stated that both she [REDACTED] [REDACTED] were acquainted with JAMES HATFIELD of Gulf Shores, Alabama, but commented that Mr. HATFIELD had died on January 6, 1972, in the Mobile, Alabama infirmary.as a result of cancer.
She stated that JAMES HATFIELD and [REDACTED] worked together at [REDACTED]
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED MAY 22 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-8497
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164-81-3440
JK 164-109 2
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Shores, Alabama, which is now defunct.
[REDACTED] stated that she believes that JAMES HATFIELD at one time did have a pilot's license; however, during the time that she knew him, which was about a year or a year and a half she never had known him to fly. She stated that JAMES HATFIELD was never a parachutist and to her knowledge he had never done any parachuting.
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[REDACTED] was then displayed a composite drawing of the subject involved in instant hijacking. After observing this photograph [REDACTED] stated that the chin of the composite drawing of the hijacker is slightly similar to that of JAMES HATFIELD but felt certain that it was not HATFIELD. She commented that HATFIELD was almost bald on top of his head at the time he passed away.
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[REDACTED] further advised that she is quite certain that Mr. HATFIELD during November 24, 1971, or rather over the Thanksgiving holidays was quite ill and was either [REDACTED] in Gulf Shores, Alabama, or [REDACTED] at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama.
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[REDACTED] stated that she feels certain that HATFIELD was not identical to the composite drawing of subject.
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[REDACTED] was telephonically contacted at his place of employment from his residence and arranged for Agent to meet with [REDACTED] at Carver's Drugstore, Warrington, Florida.
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On May 5, 1972, [REDACTED] was contacted at Carver's Drugstore, Warrington, Florida.
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[REDACTED] stated that he knows no one by the name of [REDACTED] but he was acquainted with Mr. JAMES HATFIELD who passed away on January 6, 1972, in the Mobile, Alabama infirmary. He commented that Mr. HATFIELD died of cancer after having been ill since August, 1971. He stated that he and Mr. HATFIELD worked together with [REDACTED] in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
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DB Cooper-8498
JK 164-109 3
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[REDACTED] stated that Mr. HATFIELD became ill in August, 1971, and had an operation which resulted in detection of cancer. He stated that Mr. HATFIELD became progressively worse and that if he recalls correctly around Thanksgiving of 1971, which was on November 24 or 25, 1971, Mr. HATFIELD was very ill with the cancer. He stated that he feels quite certain that Mr. HATFIELD was either at the residence [REDACTED] in Gulf Shores, Alabama, at that time, or possibly with [REDACTED] at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama.
[REDACTED] stated that he was aware that Mr. HATFIELD had a pilot's license; however, he does not recall ever having seen or known Mr. HATFIELD to fly during the past year. He stated that Mr. HATFIELD was definitely not a parachutist and that to his knowledge Mr. HATFIELD had never done any parachuting.
[REDACTED] was then displayed a composite drawing of subject involved in instant hijacking and after observing same [REDACTED] stated that the chin of the individual depicted in the composite drawing slightly resembled that of Mr. JAMES HATFIELD. He stated however that he is certain that the individual depicted in the composite drawing was not that of Mr. HATFIELD. [REDACTED] further pointed out that Mr. HATFIELD was almost bald on the top of his head and further commented that composite drawing did not resemble HATFIELD whatsoever than slightly resembling him by the chin.
[REDACTED] again stated that he is certain that HATFIELD was either at the residence [REDACTED] in Gulf Shores, Alabama, or possibly at the residence [REDACTED] in Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama, during Thanksgiving holidays because he recalled that at that time Mr. HATFIELD was very ill. He stated that he recalled that shortly after Thanksgiving, 1971, Mr. HATFIELD entered the hospital as a result of the cancer and died on January 6, 1972.
[REDACTED] was unable to furnish any additional information.
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DB Cooper-8499
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b6 b7C
Serials: JK 164-109, SE 164-81-3440