Keywords: USS Turner (DD-648) off Sandy Hook in January 1944.jpg Aerial view of the U S Navy destroyer USS Turner DD-648 after an internal explosion on board the ship off Sandy Hook New Jersey USA on 3 January 1944 The first helicopter medical mercy mission in naval aviation history occurred when Commander Frank Erickson delivered blood plasma for survivors of the accident using a U S Coast Guard Sikorsky HNS-1 Hoverfly 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 24203 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1993 501 073 084 1944-01-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Turner DD-648 |