PanAm 943 Rescue

The Old Guard Series - - Rescue of passengers and crew of PanAm flight 943 by Cutter PONTCHATRAIN PanAm 943 ditched into the Pacific Ocean in October 1956. Entire passenger list and crew was saved by the heroic efforts of Pontch crew

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• USCG
• Coast
• Guard
• Rescue
• plane
• crash

[buckthebuddah]

one of the many manned on Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the Trans Atlantic and Trans Pacific flight routes. Other stations manned were stations "O", "P", "R", and "S" in the Pacific and "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", and "F" in the Atlantic.

[notahemi]

What was the approx. location of this. I'm wondering if it was Is) standard for the Coast Guard to be on station this far out. Or if it was just a great bit of luck.

[buckthebuddah]

This is sort of an insult to the USCG " be on station this far out. Or if it was just a great bit of luck. " It was on Ocean Station "N" approximately mid point betwixt California and Hawaii,

[juneogg]

I am proud to say that I am the daughter of Captain Richard Ogg. I am glad that his ditching story has come out again because he was a hero. He was always humble about the ditching and similar to Scully said he was just doing his job. He loved to fly and did not want to retire from his job. He was a great man and father and I miss him a lot. There were numerous magazine and newspaper stories from 1956 if people want to research more.

[Blogengezer]

Reading this thread of comments, I see how times and people have changed. so sad. DaFlikkers

[beeferetown]

Bacon and eggs on the fire! Thats all you have to say and were coming down hard.

[juantrippe82]

Pan American had some of the best pilots. In an age in which planes frequently flew in areas in which there was no radar control or 'dark' areas where there was no radio its amazing that they were able to get back to the coast guard boat in time.

[Mxsmanic]

Accidents like this demonstrate why airlines went to jet engines instead of piston engines, even though jet engines consume more fuel. A jet engine is 100 times more reliable than a piston engine. Engine failures were all too common prior to the jet age, and they didn't always end as favorably as this one did.

[airplanebuilderman]

@eduardalet I'm an ex coast guad i did 8 years thanks for your support

[BlueLily01]

very awsomw video

[wcolbyHD]

@bjs030 Wikipedia says... The airport code pays homage to aviation pioneer Bertram J. Hogg who worked for what is now Hawaiian Airlines flying aircraft into the late 1960s. AOPAPILOT magazine 2/10 says it was named for the pilot, Capt. Richard Ogg. Now I wonder what airport will be called Sullenberger ?

[eduardalet]

Always proud of the US Coast Guard , keep up the good work.

[xxchinookxx]

I wonder how deep into the ocean this aircraft is now.

[pilot53]

The only ones that did not survive were birds and dogs in the cargo area.

[fordlandau]

What a great clip...so lucky the weather was good...The Boeing Stratocruiser had an endemic problem with propellor failure