MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod to host memorial for crew of Aircraft 1432

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 02/12/2019 09:02 AM EST

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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod to host memorial for crew of Aircraft 1432

This photo is of CGNR 1432, which crashed about 200 miles off the coast of Cape Cod on Feb. 18, 1979. Air Station Cape Cod is scheduled to host a memorial service 40 years later, in honor of the crew who lost their lives. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is scheduled to hold a memorial Wednesday to honor the 40th anniversary of the crew of Aircraft 1432 who gave their lives during a medevac mission on Feb. 18, 1979. 

WHO: Capt. Scott Langum, Capt. Michael Hudson, and the crews of Air Station Cape Cod and Base Cape Cod

WHAT: Memorial service in honor of the aircrew who lost their lives during a medevac mission on Feb. 18, 1979.

WHEN: 10 a.m., Feb. 13, 2019

WHERE: Air Station Cape Cod, media planning to attend will meet at the Bourne Gate of Joint Base Cape Cod at 9:30 a.m.

On the night of Feb. 18, 1979, the crew of the HH-3F Pelican responded to a call to remove an injured person from a fishing vessel. While hovering near the vessel, the aircraft experienced a critical power loss, settled into the water, and rolled over. Both pilots, one crewmember and a corpsman lost their lives in the accident. The flight mechanic survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel.

Editor's note: Media interested in attending the memorial service should contact Petty Officer Nicole J. Groll at 617-717-9609, no later than 2 p.m., Feb. 12, 2019.

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