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.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. Colonel Robert L Rizon, Commander of the 12th Air Rescue group of Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany directs the search mission. Colonel Robert L Rizon and another pilot discuss flight plans. They discuss the search pattern for crash area. They climb into T-33 aircraft for take off.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. A sign reads 'Operations and flight plans'. French villa used as temporary headquarters for 84th Air Rescue Group. Air Rescue Squadron Personnel relax on sidewalk in front of building. Air Rescue Squadron Personnel wait for take off schedule. Colonel Robert Walker and Major Vance, Operation Officer in front of the temporary operations building at Nice Airport.
Air Search for United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps. French Honor Guard at funeral rites at Nice Airport, France. Officers salute funeral rites. Colonel Rizon, Commander of the 84th Air Rescue Group headed the rescue mission. Members salute as casket is moved. French Honor Guard stands at attention. Italian motorcycle police. Pall bearers remove caskets from hearses and carry them to C-119. Motorcycle guard stands at attention. Funeral procession. Funeral wreath presented by City of Nice to the American passengers killed in crash. Crew chief closes door of aircraft.
Italian Army Alpini recovering bodies of victims from United States Air Force aircraft C-47 which crashed in French Italian Alps, on October 24, 1954, while on a flight from Rome, Italy, to Lyon, France. The crash site is at 8,500 feet on Mount Carbonè, in Northern Maritime Alps, near Limone Piemonte, Cuneo, Italy. Italian Alpini (mountain troops) lead mules laden with bodies of crash victims, in canvas bags, down a mountain path. They are seen placing one such canvas bag into a coffin. A U.S. and an Italian officer then drape it with an American flag and Alpini pallbearers carry it to a waiting vehicle and gently place it on board. An Italian Alpini honor guard presents arms and its commander salutes.
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