Members of the Alaska Army National Guard and the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (AAHM) unload sling gear from a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. The equipment will be used to attach an OA-10 PBY Catalina flying boat to a CH-54B Tahre during a recovery operation initiated by the AAHM. 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 AAHM plan to restore the aircraft and have it flying again sometime in the early 1990s
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Kevin L. Bishop
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
- 35 Tahre Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 2323 Alaska army national guard Images - Collections - GetArchive
- alaska army national guard - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 67 Catalina Images - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
- 19 Oa 10 pby catalina Images: PICRYL - Public Domain Media ...
- Oa 10 pby catalina - NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive
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Date
01/08/1987
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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