European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Raf wins Story and photo by Jerry Drane staff writer Aalborg Denmark is a team of two . Air Force hh43b helicopters and their Crews finished second to the Royal air Force in the second International Heli copter Rescue and recovery meet this past  copter Rescue teams from seven nations competed in the three Day  Strong showing of the americans was bolstered by Good performances in the scramble and precision winching events. The Royal belgian air Force wound up in third place. C Ilion my out of a possible 6,000 Points the .chopper Crews had a combined total of 5,546 Points. Among the top three teams the difference in total Points amounted to Only 91 the winners scored 5,596.the British Raf Bravo team took the individual team prize a Gold medal. Silver and Bronze awards for the second and third place Crews went to the British Royal Navy Bravo team and the . Air Force Alpha  american team representing two detachments of the Atlantic aerospace Rescue and recovery Center scored High est in two of the three events of the com petition. But this was cancelled by a poo showing in the meet s opening event Navi  the two remaining events the Ameri cans gathered the fewest penalty Points Ina 100-meter scramble to their choppers and the precision winching. The scramble waste prelude to the pickup of a survivor from a raft in a fjord near  the precision winching the competing teams had to lower a 45-Pound weight a close As possible to a 10-Inch bulls Eye on a target on the ground while hovering at30 feet. The . Alpha team was penalized Only 47 Points out of a possible 1,000. Royal Navy team is on the rim in scramble event at left while . Copter is shown winning the winching contest at right air Force hh43b hovers above crash scene in fire suppression show at left As an of cameraman at right zooms in on the i Fulp Mamet weird looking swedish Craft with the three Croumi insignia prepares for split second scramble test one of the three major eve cuts