USCGC Northwind aircraft (Hoverfly, Dragonfly, and Duck)

[sjlyall]

Hi all,

Going through my grandfathers aircraft photographs I came upon some taken just after WW2.

They were taken sometime between 7-14 March 1947. The US Coast Guard 'Northwind' was in Wellington, New Zealand with USS Mount Olympus and USS Burton Island.

I've posted then on the Flypast forum.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41273

Stephen

[JBoyle]

The Hoverfly is actually HNS-1 (in pre 1962 Navy designation system...Helicopter Training Sikorsky) BuNos 39043..actually an ex-USAAF R-4B. It was the only USCG HNS assigned to High Jump.

BTW: The USCG acquired 25 R-4s...they were turned over to the USN in late 1947-early 1948.

Project High Jump was a big operation with 4000 personnel, 13 ships and 26 aircraft, as your photos show, at least two of the AC were from the USCG.

The H-5 is a USN aircraft....you can tell by the dark blue paint. It seems that all USGC helicopters of the time had the large numbers on the side.

The Duck is a J2F-6 (Utility second model from Grumman, sixth variant) BuNo 33685 attached to the Northwind....like the HNS.

[sjlyall]

Many thanks J Boyle for the extra information on make and type.

The photo's themselves had only the name of the ship written on them.

My grandfather passed away several years before I was given the photographs by my grandmother, so I didn't have much to go on.