An Alaska Army National Guard CH-54B Tahre airlifts an OA-10 PBY Catalina flying boat while departing Lake Clark Pass during a recovery operation. The historic aircraft was abandoned by the Air Force after engine trouble forced it down at Dago Lake on September 30, 1947. Members of the Alaskan Aviation Heritage Museum, initiators of the recovery operation, plan to restore the aircraft and have it flying again sometime in the early 1990s
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: King Salmon
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin L. Bishop
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
01/08/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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