Registration / Serial:148767
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HUS-1
C/n (msn):581318
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Area:Atlantic Ocean / Off-Bahamas [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Bahamas
Photo Date:5 May 1961
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Photo showing the recovery of Alan Shepard and the Freedom 7 capsule after the first US manned space mission. 148767 flew from the USS Lake Champlain. The Sikorsky was later passed to the Thai air force. Photo from: The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection / The Museum of Flight
Registration / Serial:148767
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HUS-1
C/n (msn):581318
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Area:Atlantic Ocean / Off-Bahamas [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Bahamas
Photo Date:5 May 1961
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:148767
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-58
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-58/H-34/Choctaw/Seahorse
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HUS-1
C/n (msn):581318
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Area:Atlantic Ocean / Off-Bahamas [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Bahamas
Photo Date:5 May 1961
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:769665Submit Correction
View count: 115
Photo showing the recovery of Alan Shepard and the Freedom 7 capsule after the first US manned space mission. 148767 flew from the USS Lake Champlain. The Sikorsky was later passed to the Thai air force. Photo from: The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection / The Museum of Flight
Registration / Serial:148767
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky HUS-1
C/n (msn):581318
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
City / Area:Atlantic Ocean / Off-Bahamas [ Off-Airport ]
Country:Bahamas
Photo Date:5 May 1961
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive