File:Piasecki HUP of HU-2 rescues pilot near USS Block Island (CVE-106) on 12 August 1953.jpg
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editDescriptionPiasecki HUP of HU-2 rescues pilot near USS Block Island (CVE-106) on 12 August 1953.jpg |
English: Recovery of the crew of a U.S. Navy Grumman AF-2 Guardian from Anti-Submarine Squadron 22 (VS-22) by a Piasecki HUP of Helicopter Utility Squadron 2 (HU-2) after the plane was forced to ditch immediately after launching in 1953. The parent escort carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106) is standing by in the background. |
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Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/(Archive) October 1953, p. 23. |
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