Aviation -- Wet Ditching Drill, 1951
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11 images. Aviation -- Wet Ditching Drill, 19 September 1951. Six Officers who jumped into water from boat to raft dropped from air rescue service plane for practice ditching plane.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1951. Reporter: Driscoll. Assignment: 'Wet ditching drill' 1/2 mile offshore 62nd Place, Long Beach. 50, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57: 6 officers of 1738th Ferrying Squadron, Long Beach Airport, jump overboard into 35 feet of cold ocean water, wait for Air Rescue Service Plane from March Field, swim to collapsed raft dropped by plane, inflate raft and climb aboard, paddle to shore, etc., etc. 40, 44: Long Beach lifeguards in dories may be in background some shots. 45: Boat they jump from is Long Beach City lifeguard speedboad 'Rescue'. 48, 49: First man to reach raft is First Lieutenant James A. Lucey. Others in water are Captains Floyd Tillotson, Robert A. Nice; W.J. Andrus; Bryan A. Platt; and Earl D. Hollenbeck".
本数据集包含11张影像,主题为1951年9月19日的航空水上迫降演练(Wet Ditching Drill)。画面核心内容为六名军官从救生艇跃入35英尺深的冰冷海水中,前往由空中救援勤务飞机(Air Rescue Service Plane)空投的折叠救生筏,开展飞机水上迫降训练。附带的说明字条记载如下:摄影师为Emery,拍摄日期为1951年,撰稿人为Driscoll,任务主题为"水上迫降演练",演练地点位于长滩市第62街附近离岸半英里的海域。编号50、51、54、55、56、57的影像内容:来自长滩机场第1738飞机转运中队(1738th Ferrying Squadron)的六名军官跃入海中,等待来自马奇机场(March Field)的空中救援勤务飞机,随后游向飞机空投的折叠救生筏,完成充气并登筏,再划筏靠岸等一系列流程。编号40、44的影像:部分画面背景中可见长滩救生员乘坐的单人救生小艇(dories)。编号45的影像:六名军官跃入水中所搭乘的船只,为长滩市救生队的高速救生艇"救援号(Rescue)"。编号48、49的影像:首个抵达救生筏的人员为陆军中尉詹姆斯·A·卢西(First Lieutenant James A. Lucey),水中其余人员分别为上尉弗洛伊德·蒂洛特森(Floyd Tillotson)、罗伯特·A·尼斯(Robert A. Nice)、W.J.安德鲁斯(W.J. Andrus)、布莱恩·A·普拉特(Bryan A. Platt)以及厄尔·D.霍伦贝克(Earl D. Hollenbeck)。



