File:SH-3A Sea King of HS-6 practices Mercury space capsule recovery 1963.jpg

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Description A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King (BuNo 149726) of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron HS-6 "Indians" dropping rescue swimmers around a Mercury space capsule mock-up during recovery practice prior to the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission flown by Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, USAF. HS-6 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Sumbarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) which recovered Cooper on 16 May 1963 at 0273000N 1761500W in the Pacific Ocean, 130 km south east of Midway Atoll.
Date circa April 1963
date QS:P,+1963-04-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.103.016
Author U.S. Navy
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