Coast Guard honors fallen flight crew in McKinleyville on 20th anniversary of helicopter crash [Image 2 of 5]

MCKINLEYVILLE, CA, UNITED STATES

06.08.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Wilson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11

Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffry Moeschler, an avionics electrical technician assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, lays a wreath at sea west of Cape Mendocino, in remembrance of a Humboldt Bay flight crew that died in a helicopter crash 20 years ago during a search-and-rescue mission. Two pilots and two crewmembers lost their lives aboard a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter during an effort to save five mariners stranded on a Canadian sailing vessel during a storm. U.S. Coast photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Wilson.

• Date Taken: 06.08.2017
• Date Posted: 06.09.2017 00:29
• Photo ID: 3463173
• VIRIN: 170608-G-LS785-009
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 16.76 MB
• Location: MCKINLEYVILLE, CA, US