A virtual ceremony will take place early Tuesday to honor the two pilots, one crew member, a citizen volunteer and three flood evacuees who died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 22, 1964, in severe weather. The ceremony can be viewed on the Sector Humboldt Bay’s Facebook page at 8:15 a.m. The crew of CG1363, […]
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Remembering Those Lost in the Helicopter Crash of the ’64 Flood
The Coast Guard held a ceremony today to honor those killed on this date 53 years ago when the helicopter they were in went down in severe weather during a rescue mission amid the devastating flood of 1964. Three crew members, Lt. Cmdr. Donald Prince, Royal Canadian Navy Sub-Lt. Allen Leonard Alltree and Petty Officer […]