European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1965 the stars and strikes 9 massive search for naval Pilott Tondt successful sea Rescue missions Call for team work by Sam Bauman Naples Bur Easi Italy Sas what happens when a plane Doest make it Back to a Navy aircraft Carrier in uie wide and Heliin  a Heck of a Navy officers at the Naples naval air facility Point take what happened recently when two Navy a1h pro driven skydivers failed to return to the Carrier Saratoga one afternoon after a Long morn ing search Mission for a stricken merchant pickup for the two aircraft had been set Tor Early afternoon Oft the southwestern coast of Sar Dinia but weather had been bad with thick Cloud cover and heavy so at first no one was Dis Turbed when the planes failed to then came the second third pickup and no at about a Sar search and Rescue operation was and in minutes flights of flu and a4k jets joined by slower twin prop a ifs 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is Here in Naples and the com land responsible Tor Sar oper Lions in the air flight service in the civilian Arm of the Commer Ial airways in was alerted and its pilots requested to Maln n the air South iwo Cut into the message traffic was Allied air Southern also with Headquarters n air South passed be word on to the italian air one of the three National in forces composing air the if immediately cranked up Rescue outfits rom Sardinia and Southern while the commander of the task Force headed by the Sara Oga retained Overall direction or Sar ground con rot was passed to the Naples capt Cliff com Naples had been watching the menage traffic about the missing planes since Early and when he left at about 10 he passed the word to his duty it cmdr William of Naf ground control approach to keep him in at about three the duty Yeoman roused Armstrong com fair med was to join in the Armstrong began recall telephoning for plane notified the commander and department and ordered Box lunches for the the metro department was alerted and around mechanics began Check ing it cmdr Arnold Kirby was first on recalled Arm re lives nearby and be got Here in 30 Arm Strong then busied himself with setting up search patterns in the quadrant allotted the ground searchers by the task Force com he also alerted the naval air faculty at which would Funish More aircraft for the things of this nature get pretty hectic for the first two or three you try to get but then you simmer Down to just standing by waiting for reports and submitting re nat4i admit Muff half a Armstrong by Dawn the full complement 7 he was on hand at s North s Miles then for the next tired when youre Hunting or one of your you Thoni bout what if u Wen Yon Down Len and the time and tiredness Oest seem to when we found that they we rent own i was pretty glad dont think they could have asted Long in that chop it was pretty cold and when capt Curtis got the Call at that the Sar was he did the Send m coming by Hellme i got then Arm 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officer Slaley of is m41 machine gun Oliver co in 20 seconds on three end ind its Lee targets i at least three adjutant David 19 mp30 sub machine gun he co Robert b in 19 seconds on two co Paul co a targets in less than five co am 1 and five rounds fired from a Pate co operate loss Curtis pointed out that his go to sing at Gap Ball Germany Spe Cial the 7th army soldiers chorus will sing saturday night at the German air Force up South Winter Ball in the the Climax of South Ern Germany military and so Cial will be attended by German air Force command German army division commanders and nato representatives it Gen William 7th army and and Caluwe von German defense Are also sex peeled to the White tie and tells affair will be at the Black Fores beginning at 32nd brigade sets Pio school dates Germany 32nd arty brigade will Host the first command in formation school sponsored Dur ing the year by 7th army Jan at the Vogel Weh theatre the officers course will be conducted from i to 9 the 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