CG1432 memorial service

CAPE COD, MA, UNITED STATES

06.28.2008

Courtesy Video

U.S. Coast Guard District 1     

CAPE COD, Mass.- A memorial service was held at Coast Guard Sir Station Cape Cod Feb. 18, 2009, to remember the live of four helicopter crewmen killed while attempting a rescue over the Atlantic Ocean during a winter storm in 1979.

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. James Stiles; Petty Officers John Tait ad Bruce Kaehler; and Canadian Forces exchange pilot Capt. Richard Burge were killed when their Pelican helicopter, CG1432, lost power while attempting to medevac a Japanese fisherman from the fishing vessel Kaisei Maru that was about 180 miles off Cape Cod. The helicopter performed an emergency landing on the water but was quickly swamped by the high seas.

Only one crewmember, Mark Torr, survived the landing. He escaped the overturned helicopter and was rescued by the fishing vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty Officer Matthew Belson)

• Date Taken: 06.28.2008
• Date Posted: 12.17.2013 10:20
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 314442
• VIRIN: 080628-G-7087B-001
• Filename: DOD_101055216
• Length: 00:02:30
• Location: CAPE COD, MA, US