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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 0066.PDF
MCTMC The U.S. Air Force Dakota which force-landed on a 7,S0Oft-high Greenland ice-cap on December 9th The Piasecki H3P-I helicopters above, on the flight deck of the carrier " Saipan," were to have taken part in the U.S. Navy's share of the rescue attempts. Their voyage was rendered unnecessary, however, by the U.SA.F.'s final bid on December 28th. The number of stranded men was increased by two when the S-17 Fortress below, first would-be rescuer, crash-landed on the ice-cap. Seen above is one of two gliders with which unsuccessful " snatch " rescue attempts were made, (below) Nine of the 12 rescued airmen after landing, at the U.S.A.F.'s base at B/uie West One, Greenland. The successful rescuing aircraft was a ski-equipped Dakota which made a rocket-assisted departure from the ice-cap.
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