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| Keywords: SH-3A Sea King of HS-6 practices Mercury space capsule recovery 1963.jpg 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 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 42723 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 2008 103 016 ca 1963-04 U S Navy File SH-3A Sea King HS-6 practicing Mercury space capsule recovery 1963 jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy SH-3A Sea King Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 6 United States Navy Mercury-Atlas 9 | ||||
