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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221729-12
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1966
Country: Vietnam
Location: Tonkin GUlf
TC Begins: 17:14:50
TC Ends: 17:16:26
Duration: 00:01:36
Vietnam Air Rescue - Pilot Plucked From Gulf Of Tonkin (1966) 17:14:56 Four propellor driven fighter aircraft in tight formation; MCU w/ pilots seen in cockpits from above. Parachute descending seen from below; pilot in cockpit. Aerial of smoke flare on water. 17:15:21 Inside search plane cockpit & pilot looking out window; amphibious landing. CU pilot or ? in plane. View of pontoon as plane lands. 17:15:39 MCU of two frogmen assisting pilot beside life raft. Frogmen in plane assisting / lifting pilot into plane. Pilot in cockpit. 17:16:10 CU Smiling rescued pilot, Wayne Spelius, Deerfield, Illinois. MS Pilot out onto carrier deck greeted. Vietnam War;