United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. Aircraft on flight deck of an aircraft carrier. A flag hoisted up. Catapult crew working on flight deck. Men wearing red shirts, green shirts or blue shirts. Aircraft lined on deck. U.S. Navy aircraft on flight deck. Signal officer directs aircraft. Control knobs of launch operator in view. Aircraft takes off. Other aircraft ready for take off. Multiple close-up views of catapult takeoff operations.
United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. U.S. Navy helicopter in flight above water. Pilot in the cockpit. Men on deck of aircraft carrier. Helicopter approaches the aircraft carrier. Men on deck anchor a pipe in a hook. The pipe is hauled up on the helicopter. The men in helicopter put the pipe for refueling.
United States Navy's Search and Rescue mission to rescue a pilot shot down in North Vietnam. U.S. Navy aircraft in flight. Men confer on telephone. A paratrooper jumps with a parachute. Search light search for the pilot. Men talk on telephone. Helicopter flies over water. Small islands in water. A man gets down in water to rescue the pilot when he is located. Both of them hauled up on helicopter. The hand of the rescued pilot is bandaged. Helicopter approaches a ship. Men on the deck of ship.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 that crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954. Having discovered the crash site, a Search and Rescue jump master kneels near the door of SA-16 aircraft, wearing a helmet, and talking on microphone. View of C-47 crash site on Mount Carbonè in the Italian-French Alps. Rugged mountain peaks are misty and snow covered. Part of the SA-16 aircraft is seen.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. B-26 aircraft taxis at Nice Airport, France. A French C-47 lands on a runway. Paramedics prepare to board a C-47 for personnel and equipment drop in crash site area. Rescue personnel load equipment into C-47. Pilots and paramedics check map. Group kneels on ramp with map spread out. Paramedic jumpmaster, Master Sergeant Curtiss, of the 84th Air Rescue Squadron, holds pre-mission briefing. Major Rufus Hessberg, paramedic flight surgeon, is among the group preparing for the mission.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. Paramedics prepare to board a C-47 for personnel and equipment drop in crash site area. Paramedics don their gear before boarding C-47. Major Rufus Hessberg, Sergeant Curtiss and Sergeant Pollier of 84th Air Rescue Squadron of Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany get ready. Sergeant Curtiss inspects gear of paramedics. Paramedics board a C-47 aircraft.
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