AIR-SEA RESCUE FOR ARGENTINE AIR FORCE C-54, CENTRAL AMERICA Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Covers search efforts for downed Argentine AF C-54 which crashed 3 November with loss of 68 lives, mostly cadets of an Argentine military academy en route to the United States. Reel 1: 1) AVs of water, rescue boat, HU-16B in flight over water, smoke marker and debris on water, HC-97G in flight overwater, beach and jungle, HH-19B hovering over rescue boat and in flight over water. 2) Sign: WELCOME TO ALBROOK AFB C.Z. with USAFSO insignia. 3) Scenes of HH-19B in flight, landing at Albrook AFB, crew leaving helicopter, removing life jackets from helicopter and placing them in trunk of car. 4) Scenes of Brig. Gen. Benigno H. Andrada (Argentine AF) and staff in Air Rescue Center with search director Col. Archie S. Adair and examining life jackets--also shows Argentine ambassador to Republic of Panama talking with Argentine AF officers. 912': Total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1) AVs of pilot and copilot at HC-130 controls. 2) ALSs of HH-19B parked on beach, in flight over jungle and over water. 3) AVs of unidentified city. 4) AVs of C-131 and HU-16B in flight over water singly. 5) Search pilots looking at maps in operations building. 6) Sign: HOWARD AFB BASE OPERATIONS. 7) Brig. Gen. Andrada (Argentine AF) and staff looking at maps with Capt. Williams, entering and leaving flight planning room and boarding Argentine AF C-54. 8) MS of Air Commando C-46 taxiing to left and taking off to right. 9) Air Commando U-10Bs taxiing out. 731': Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities