Credits
for the
'Fatal Coast Guard Crashes Page'
In the course of gathering
information regarding Coast Guard crashes, a number of people have helped out.
Below are some of these people that have added eyewitness accounts,
photos, and other valuable information that fill these Coast Guard crash pages.
If we left you out, please drop us an email to
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Fred's Place - A gathering place on the Internet for
Coasties. It
has been a great place to locate people.
Craig Michals, the
navigator aboard the HC-130H 1600 when it crashed on Attu, for providing
photos and portions of the crash report.
Sherry Cartmill, Contra Costa County Library, Interlibrary Loan
- For working so hard in tracking down microfilms of newspapers
from all over the country so I could search through them for information
concerning crashes.
Paul & Evelyn Powers for letting me stay at their place on my research
trips to Washington D.C.
Bob L. Plunkett for firsthand information and photos on the PBY
crash in Guam, November 11, 1952.
Bill Larkins has
allowed the use of many of his photos of Coast Guard aircraft. He is the
author
of  U.S. Navy Aircraft
1921-1941 & U.S. Marine Corps Aircraft 1914-1959. He is also the moderator
of CoastGuardAircraft @ yahoogroups.com
Terence Geary for his help in researching the November 27, 1943 PBY
crash in Dutch Harbor that killed ENS Charles E. Johnson.
Joe Baugher and his web
site (a must see!) has been very helpful in tracking down
and/or confirming aircraft makes and types.
Brent Malcolm, LCDR, USCG (Ret) - Firsthand information about Mt. Mars HU-16
crash and in locating other people associated with the accident.
Boon Hughey - For locating the prop of HU-16E #2128 which greatly
narrowed the area to search for the crash site.
Larry Nudson - For providing photos of the wreckage of HU-16E #2128
and for relating his story about how he could have been one of those
killed.
Drew Ross (who's family once owner the property)- For helping to
pinpoint the crash site of HU-16 #2128 and in aiding to carry the 60-lb.
propeller off the hillside for a planned memorial at USCG Air Station
San Francisco.
Don Decker, former Coast Guardsman
Nelson Dionne for providing a great deal of information through
newspapers clips of activities of Coast Guard Air Station Salem,
especially about Lt Perry Lyons.
Lorraine Meadows, Snyder County Historical Society, Middleburg, PA -
For her help & tireless research into the AP1 C.R. Byrd mystery
Henry Kind, CG Radioman during WWII - Provided photos of OS2U-2
#2270 and for assistance with some of the other accidents.
Robert Brown, rescuer of Henry Kind after the crash of OS2U-2
#2270 (among many other things) - Provided a unique view of the
accident.
Robert Ovink, U.S. Navy PBY crewman aboard #04447 in July 1, 1943.
Adolph Meisch, Jr, - For background information and numerous photos
and old newspaper clips on the Navy R5D-3 funeral plane crash. Meisch is also
currently involved in the PBY Catalina
Memorial, for NAS Whidbey Island Seaplane Base Oak Harbor.
Floyd Birt for background information on the Navy
R5D-3 funeral plane crash.
Robert A. Carlston, CDR USCG (Ret), - Firsthand information and photos of
the Salem UF-1G #1278 crash and information about
crash of HO4-S-3G #1299.
Loren Seeger, CAPT USCG (Ret), - Firsthand information on the Dec 5, 1936
crash of Luke Christopher.
Pedro D. Marticio, BM1, USCG (Ret)
Russ Marvin - Info and photos of C-130 #1600 Attu Crash
Martha Mendoza on the staff of the Kirn Memorial Library in the City
of Norfolk, VA., for her research help with several crashes in the
Norfolk area.
Warren Bonner, USCG (MoMM3) Acting Chief Petty Officer - Info on CGC
Eastwind J2F-6 crash - For more CGC Eastwind stories go
to
the Mighty "E" Web Site at http//www.eastwindbook.osirusoft.com
Duane Beland - Flew with LT Jack Rittichier in Vietnam and provided
information & photos.
Sperry Storm, CAPT USCG (Ret) - General information on CG crashes.
Tom Pilsch - A Forward Air Controller in Vietnam, has actively
been engaged in the search for Jolly Green
23. His web site was a great
source of information on the crash of Jolly Green 23. He currently is
Assistant Dean, Continuing Education & Special Programs, College of
Computing at the Georgia
Institute of Technology where he also lectures on the history of air
operations in the Southeast Asia conflict. Click
here to visit his web site.
Stacey N Jones and Baker Herbert, CWO4, USCG (Ret) - Info on LT Jack
Rittichier, Jolly 23 Crash
PA2 Lauren Y. Smith, 14th Coast Guard District Public Affairs - For
photos of the Jolly Green 23 crash site recovery efforts.
Larry Hughes, Keeper of the Call Signs, http://chancefac.net
- For help with getting the players straight in the story about Jolly
Green 23.
Kevin J. Bochynski - For his efforts in researching CG crashes
involving Coast Guard Air Station Salem.
Christopher Freeze, Check-Six.com - For submitting numerous crash report requests,
hosting these web pages, his remarkable research skills regarding names
of personnel involved with these mishaps, and for his astonishing ability to locate just about anyone through the
Internet.
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Check-Six devoted to
Coast Guard crashes is authored and maintained by Ken Freeze
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Ken
served in the Coast Guard for 20 years as a Photojournalist and
Public Affairs Specialist, six of those years were on flight
orders flying regularly from Coast Guard Air Stations at New
Orleans, Louisiana; Kodiak, Alaska; San Francisco, Calif., and
from time to time from every other Coast Guard air station located
on the Pacific.
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