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Seq No.	Timeline	File Name	Content Type	Description	Remarks
365	Jun-01-1931	dolphin_modified_w_tables.pdf	Publication	A Star Is Born - article by Capt George Krietemeyer, USCG (Ret) and Capt Ray Copin, USCG (Ret) about the advent of the Douglas Dolphin into the CG inventory.	An RD-4 Dolphin painted in CG colors will be presented to the Naval Aviation Museum recalling the originaltion of the first fleet of seaplanes (flying lifeboats) in the Coast Guard. This is an article about that series of aircraft at the very begining of active Coast Guard Search & Rescue by aviation forces.
364	Dec-05-1934	A_Short_History_of_Operations_at_Biloxi_Annotated.pdf	Publication	History of the Coast Guard Air Station at Biloxi, MS.	This short history of the CGAS Biloxi operations was written by LTC Ted Morris, USAF (formerly AM2, USCG) and permission was gaciously given to reproduce it herein. Picturtes have been added and greatly enhance the history of CGAS Biloxi.
385	Feb-01-1936	Painting CG Aircraft 1936.pdf	Publication	Instructions for Painting USCG Aircraft - 1936	The first Instructions for the painting of USCG Aircraft published in February 1936.
568	Jun-15-1936	Edge of Alaska.pdf	Publication	Edge of Alaska - Story of the Alaskan Adventures of LCDR CLarence F. Edge	Captain Carl Swickley wrote this article published by the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation.
382	Oct-15-1936	Aviation Instructions 1936.pdf	Publication	USCG Aviation Instructions from 1936	The Aviation Instructions of 1936 set forth the organizational, operational and support parameters for all of CG Aviation.
621	Mar-02-1937	El Paso Detachment.pdf	Publication	Story of CG Air Detachment El Paso	This story by AOM1 Jack Shea, former USCGR aviation member, is the only detailed document we have found about the Border Patrol and the establishment and short history of CGAD El Paso. It does not delineate the interplay between the start up at San Antonio nor the move to Del Rio, Texas before moving to El Paso.
619	Nov-13-1938	St. Petersburg Hall Boat Aircraft Lost.pdf	Publication	Coast Guard Hall Boat Lost at Sea.	This publication is from the St. Petersburg Times, 13 November 1938 when a CG HallBoat was damaged and sunk by the sction of the seas during a open sea landing medical evacuation attempt.
668	Apr-15-1941	PBY V-189.pdf	Publication	The Saga of Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 V-189	This is a history of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation manufactured and configured Catalina flying-boat, PBY-5, V-189, its pilots, navigators ; who, in many situations, accomplished the near impossible and the dedicated crews who flew and maintained her efficiency.
302	Jun-01-1942	paattack.pdf	Publication	The air attack on CGAS Port Angeles.	Captain D. B. MacDairmid conducted a mock air raid on CGAS Port Angeles in June 1942 and got more of a drill than he counted upon. Read this account by B. T. Beard on an event from the War Dairy of CGAS Port Angeles and interview with one of the oarties to the happening.
298	Jan-05-1944	WOLFPACK_AND_SUNDAY_COMICS.pdf	Publication	LT Stew Graham heads mission to fly helos off of a British M/V Daghestan in convoy during January 1944 in the Atlantic.	In January 1944, the British put 2 YR-4 helos on the British M/V Daghestan and Lt Stew Graham, USCG acting as pilot, completed the mission by successfully flying off the merchantman in convoy. The YR's were delivered to a Royal Navy aerodrome near Liverpool as the first operational helicopters in England.
644	Jul-01-1944	Fly the Helo.pdf	Publication	Disertation on learning to fly the helicopter.	LTJG Sam A. Constantino, USCG gives an account of his learning to fly the heicopter in the very early days of iy's development. It is accurate and funny. A must read for nostalgia sake.
378	Jan-01-1945	THE_FUTURE_OF_COAST_GUARD_AVIATION.pdf	Publication	A white paper by Capt William J. Kossler, USCG on The Future of Coast Guard Aviation	This document was found in the archives of the USCG Historian and has been extracted herein along with some photos of Capt Kossler, awards presented posthumously and the final extract from his service record.
407	Jul-01-1945	MINIMUM and MAXIMUM.pdf	Publication	Rescue of RCAF Flyers in Labrador by USCG HNS-1 helicopter	In 1945, an RCAF Aircraft crashed in northern Labrador. After 2 rescue fixed wing aircraft crashed in trying to rescue the original survivors, the Coast Guard was asked to attempt the rescue by helicopter. This is an annotation of that effort.
491	Jul-01-1945	WEP WWII History.pdf	Publication	Oral History by LCDR W. E. Prindle, Jr., USCGR	Captain Pete Prindle, USCG (Ret) provided this publication of the oral history of his father's experiences mostly around WWII and the early helicopters. He was CG Aviator #144 and CG Helo Pilot #24.
643	Sep-19-1946	Ten feet Tall.pdf	Publication	First Helicopter Rescue in Newfoundland with Coast Helicopters	This is a narrative ny an eyewitness participant in the very first helicopter rescue deployment in the world. When Sabena (Belgian) DC-4 Flight 00OCG crashed in Newfoundland in September 1946 the on-scene commander, Doctor Samuel Martin ashed for a way to get the survivors out of the crash site in dense wooded remote muskeg area of Newfoundland and the U.S. Coast Guard had the only helicopters available that could reach the crash site in time to save lives. This is that story by Warrant Gunner Bob O'Leary, USCG (Retired).
447	Sep-21-1946	RESCUE IN NEWFOUNDLAND.pdf	Publication	Rescue of survivors from Sabena Air line crash in Newfoundland	This publication is the account of the efforts and successful rescue of survivors from the crash of a Sabena Airlines (Belgian)C-54 in Newfoundland near to Gander. The text is from official reports recently found in the office of the CG Historian, CG Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
647	Apr-07-1948	You Have To Go Out.pdf	Publication	Story of PBM medvac and the damage to the aircraft.	A U.S. Coast Guard PBM-5 seaplane CGNR 59012 had the left wing float and five feet of the left wing tip were torn away during a night JATO lift off from rough open ocean waters medevac. Pilots MacDowell and Douglas flew the damaged aircraft back to home base. They made a successful night water landing ending the hazardous rescue mission of April 7 - 8, 1948.
646	Apr-17-1950	Biscayne Bay Professionalism.pdf	Publication	First Light search finds overdue boat and survicors from an unreported sinking along the way.	This publication was written by J.R. Lee, AOC, USCG(Ret) and Ted A. Morris, Lt.Col.,USAF(Ret) and reports the fortuitous circumstances surrounding the search for an overdue boat and the rescue of 4 survivors from an unreported sinking.
648	Apr-11-1952	A_Tragic_Good_Friday.pdf	Publication	The story of the rescue of the survivors of Pan American 526A near San Juan, Puerto Rico	A U.S. Coast Guard PBY-5A amphibian, CGNR 48429, with pilots Bilderback and Natwig, landed in rough ocean waters to rescue sixteen survivors of a DC-6 which had ditched off San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Good Friday, April 11, 1952.
387	Jun-01-1959	Rankin & Rubin - The Story of CG Aviation.pdf	Publication	Rankin & Rubin - The Story of CG Aviation from Naval Institute Proceedings	Published in the June 1959 issue of the Naval Institute Proceedings is this article by LCOL Robert Rankin, USMC and Mr. Norman Rubin, former Aeronautical Engineer, USCGHQ title The Story of Coast Guard Aviation.
623	Jul-14-1960	Flight 292.pdf	Publication	Northwest Airlines Flight 292 Rescue	This article by Captain Carlton Swickley, USCG (Ret) appeared in the magazine "Foundation" of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc.
416	Jun-06-1966	Operation_Tight_Reign.pdf	Publication	Operation Tight Reign	Operation Tight reign was the classified project to instal and operate a special chain of Loran C in the southeast asian area to enhance precision bombing. This is the story of a deployed C-123B from CG Air Detachment Guam for that mission.
622	Jul-16-1967	Russian Medevac.pdf	Publication	Russian Medivac	Captain Carl Swickley, USCG (Ret) authored this account of a trying and risky medivac from a Russian factory ship 175 miles east of Provincetown. With the utilization of an escort HU-16E and the CGC Vigilant the medivac of the tiny, premature 2 pound baby "Slava" was accomplished.
596	Feb-01-1968	Training_Program_by_J_R_Butler.pdf	Publication	Vertical World Article by CDR John R. Butler "The Total Training Program".	This article appeared in Vertical World in February 1968 and was written by CDR John R. Butler, USCG(Ret).
389	Jul-26-1968	SCARED OUT OF MY.pdf	Publication	Article by CDR John R. Butler about flying to OSV from Argentia	This article about flying an HU-16E out of CGAS Salem via Argentia to drop weather balloons to an OSV is humorous but viable with trials from broken Loran sets to failed engines.
612	May-14-1969	The Norther 1969.pdf	Publication	USCGC Northwind's double transiting of the NW passage	This publication "The Norther" was published as a testiment to the USCG can do spirit for in 1969 the Northwind and her crew traversed both ways in the same season through the northwest passage. A world first! The air detachment was 2 HH-52A helicopters.
383	Jan-01-1970	Early CG Aviation by Captain William Wishar.pdf	Publication	Early CG Aviation by CG Aviator #5 Captain William P. Wishar	An article on Early CG Aviation by Captain William P. Wishar, CG Aviator #5 for the USCG Academy Alumni Bulletin published in 1970.
460	Jun-01-1971	ANNETTE AIR STATION - Penal Colony or Paradise.pdf	Publication	CGAS Annette Island	An article by CDR John R. Butler, USCG (Ret) then XO of CGAS Annette about his perspective on being assigned to Annette and the pluses and minuses associated with the assignment.
304	Jan-15-1973	HU_16E_Standardization_Manual.pdf	Publication	Standarization Manual for Grumman HU-16E "Albatross" (File is 5.9mb in size)	The Standardization Manual for the Grumman HU-16E "Albatross". (File is 5.9mb in size)
489	May-06-1994	Pelican Tales.pdf	Publication	HH-3F Pelican Remembered as Amphibious Helicopter	The HH-3F appears to be the last amphibious helicopter for USCG Service. Captain Peter Pringle remembers water landing events from his 2000+ hours of flying the Pelican.
645	Jan-30-1998	Storm_Gods_and_Heroes.pdf	Publication	Rescue of the crew of the F/V La Conte	This publication, printed and retained here with the kind permission of the Juneau Empire, Publisher Robert O. Hale, is a 5 part story about the dramatic events surrounding the sinking of the F/V La Conte. It contains the stories of the participants the rescued and the rescuers along with the two lost men in the Gulf of Alaska.
3	Apr-01-2000	cg_aviation_history.pdf	Publication	Magazine	Article in Daedalius Flyer - Spring 2001
308	Jun-05-2003	Rotary_Wings_And_Other_Things.pdf	Publication	CDR Stewart Ross Graham's Story	This is the story of CDR Stewart Ross Graham, CG Aviator #40, CG Helicopter Pilot #2, Member CG Aviation Hall of Fame and his experiences in aviation.
380	Oct-24-2003	HC130J_APO_Command_Description.pdf	Publication	HC130J Aircraft Project Office	For the procurement,testing,acceptance and integration of HC130J aircraft into the fleet an operational unit has been established at Elizabeth City and will run as long as there is a procurement cycle being pursued. This document describes their mission, resources and functionality.
381	Oct-24-2003	HC130J_Project_Office_Fact_Sheet.pdf	Publication	HC130J Project Office in CGHQ	This document describes the purposes, functions and responsibilities of the HC130J Project Procurement Office of USCG Headquarters.
476	Oct-29-2004	Elmer Stone Book_1.pdf	Publication	A book on Elmer F. Stone by Captain Robert Workman, USCG	This is a publication that is a forerunner for a book on CDR Elmer F. Stone, USCG Pilot of the NC-4 and many other achievements.
620	Jul-25-2006	US COAST GUARD AIR STATIONS_Rev2_.pdf	Publication	Compiled list of the First Commanding Officers at U. S. Coast Guard Air Stations - Past and Present	We have attempted to create a list of the very initial assigned Commanding Officers, at time of commissioning of the air station, for all past and present CG Air Stations. We have not been able to find the name nor any information about a CG Air Detachment at Buffalo, NY.
676	Oct-01-2007	SPECIAL_UNIT_PROFILE_CGAS_MIAMI.pdf	Publication	Professional Pilot's Magazine Oct 2007 Article on CGAS Miami	This article is published here by courtesy of the Professinal Pilot's Magazine and is a special Report on "The Busiest Air/Sea Rescue Unit in the World."