US Marines Losses Nicaragua 2 of 3
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Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue By George Galdorisi, Thomas Phillips -- August 21st 1932 Page 25 On August 21, 1932, another marine airplane was lost in bad weather over the jungle. Unable to find a landing site, and finally out of fuel, the three crewmen bailed out, landing in an area of tall trees. The next day, seven planes began a search that found the three parachutes in the treetops (but never the crash site, which was swallowed up by the jungle). There was no way an airplane could land nearby to make the rescue. Mindful of the fate of other airmen who fell into the hands of the Sandinistas, the crews of the search planes coordinated the rendezvous of the downed aviators, and a ground patrol was sent to their relief, using message-bag drops of directions to both groups. The rendezvous was accomplished before the Sandinistas could interfere. The ground party, guided by relays of aircraft overhead, marched to a suitable area of a nearby river for pickup by amphibious planes. Ahead of their time by almost a half-century, the marines demonstrated the complexities and the attendant rewards of aircraft coordination with ground rescue forces—coordination that would become another staple of combat search and rescue as it evolved in the second half of the century. The three airmen involved were 1st Lt. Clovis C. Coffman Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Walter E. Schofield Marine Corps, Corporal Raymond E. Townsend Marine Corps, and I believe the aircraft lost was Loening OL-9 A8985 which was written off on this date in Nicaragua but again I would like confirmation Thanks Paul |
Re: US Marines Losses Nicaragua 2 of 3
Yes, OL-9 A8985
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Re: US Marines Losses Nicaragua 2 of 3
Correction/Updates
Raymond Rufus Townsend not Raymond E Townsend Walter E. Scofield not Walter E. Schofield Clovis Clyde Coffman |
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