Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter burning after crashing during a demonstration at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. According to the original news caption, the aircraft lost its tail assembly during a dive, but pilot Lt. (jg) David Gershowitz managed to pull the helicopter away from a crowd of high school students before it crashed again on the airport apron. A dramatic aviation disaster photograph captured by the Associated Press. This original photograph measures approximately 9⅜" × 7". It came from a newspaper archive from a newspaper near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Please see photos.
