Background A couple years ago, Tyler and finally found a helicopter wreck that we had been looking for. It took a lot of detective work and running down a lot of leads before we finally correctly identified it. After we published the story, we were contacted by one of the survivors of the crash, Donald [...]
Tag: Helicopter
In Memoriam : Gustave “Gus” Herrmann (Jan 7, 1943 – Sep 3, 1968)
After publishing our story about the Sea King, we were contacted by many friends and family of Gus Herrmann who had died in the helicopter crash on that fateful September day in 1968. Tyler, Lora, and I spent yesterday on the Marissa visiting the site of the Sea King helicopter crash with a special group [...]
SH-3A Sea King (San Diego — 210 fsw)
The Tale of the Tail Code This is a tale of hope, frustration, and persistence during our dives to find and identify a new helicopter wreck off Imperial Beach, California. The final identification was the result of a LOT of research and a somewhat obfuscated tail code that we uncovered on the second dive. We [...]