Jerry Krause is an American pilot who served for 22 years with Mission Aviation Fellowship as a missionary in Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, after which he remained in Mali to work for the Sahel Aviation Service.
On April 7, 2013, Krause's plane was reported missing off the coast of West Africa, near São Tomé. His disappearance generated national press coverage, as well as a social media and Internet-based campaign to locate him.