Keywords: PBY-5A and HNS-1 USCG at Gander Lake 1946.jpeg A U S Coast Guard Sikorsky HNS-1 helicopter BuNo 39501 hovers over a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina either BuNo 34008 or 48314 on Gander Lake The helicopter was bringing in the injured passengers from the crash site of a Belgian SABENA Douglas DC-4 which had crashed circa 35 km south-west of Gander International Airport Newfoundland on 18 September 1946 The injured were then put on life rafts visible below the wing of the PBY put on the PBYs and flown to Gander <br> The DC-4 OO-CBG crashed due to a pilot error on the approach to Gander on the flight from Brussels Belgium to New York USA on 18 September 1946 killing 27 of 44 people on board Rescue teams mainly from the U S Coast Guard made the first helicopter rescue and saved the remaining passengers most of whom were injured http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Query php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 24226 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1993 501 073 107 1946-09-20 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy DC-4 crash SABENA Newfoundland 1946 Consolidated PBY Catalina Sikorsky R-4 |