CG-1432 Crash
The CG-1432 Crash was a United States Coast Guard aviation accident which involved five crewmembers aboard a helicopter responding to a distress call from the Japanese fishing vessel Kaisei Maru #18.
Distress Call
On the morning of February 18, 1979, Kaisei Maru #18 sent a distress call. The call indicated that a 47-year-old crewmember was in distress and needed to be airlifted off the ship, which was operating in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Crash
The weather that morning was stormy and conditions were not ideal for flight. A legacy was set in which a reunion would be held every year so that the men would not be forgotten.
At the 2009 reunion, Rear Admiral John Currier, who was stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in 1979 recalled telling pilot James Stiles to "fly safe."<ref name=Times/> It was the last time that he ever said that to a pilot.
At the 2009 memorial service, Mark Torr dropped a wreath in memory of his fellow airmen from a hovering helicopter into the surf off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.<ref name=Times/>
Distress Call
On the morning of February 18, 1979, Kaisei Maru #18 sent a distress call. The call indicated that a 47-year-old crewmember was in distress and needed to be airlifted off the ship, which was operating in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Crash
The weather that morning was stormy and conditions were not ideal for flight. A legacy was set in which a reunion would be held every year so that the men would not be forgotten.
At the 2009 reunion, Rear Admiral John Currier, who was stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in 1979 recalled telling pilot James Stiles to "fly safe."<ref name=Times/> It was the last time that he ever said that to a pilot.
At the 2009 memorial service, Mark Torr dropped a wreath in memory of his fellow airmen from a hovering helicopter into the surf off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.<ref name=Times/>
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