TLE the Aerial Photography clement. 173 The C-54 aircraft also were engaged in re-supply flights to Tarawa and Nauru, Tne tnird airlift mission was the re~supply of weather and vroject Islands located at remote locations in the vacific. These islands included sapingamarangi, Kusaie, Ujelang, Utirik, dotho, and Hongelap, Tnis air lift. was performed by SA-l. aircraft primarily (Tarawa and Nauru were supplied by C-54's), because this type aircraft was especially suited for airlifl vo vhese bases waich nad only water Landing facilities. /varing the period March 1958 tnrough August 1958, C-54 aircraft traus- on rem ee ported 12,785 passengers and 939.5 tons of cargo, while flying some 2,522 hours; and SA-16 aircraft flew 2,169 hours, moving 1,399 passengers and 86.9 tons of cargo. —_- Coe I. See AINCHAFT ACCLIOZNTS alrcram of Task Group 7.4 during HAnDTACK flew 18,307 hours with four major accidents, The accident rate therefore, was 6,8 per hundred tnousanid fiying hours. fhe four major accidents involved gu L-20 and taree helicosters, Ou 7 Avril 1958, the pilot of un L-20 book off from uidak (.’arry Island}with a nearly empty fuel tanx. The engine stoppea soon after take- off, end tue yilot crasn-landed tne aircraft on the reef. ALtiough wajor damage was sustainea vy the aircraft, no personnal injuries were reccrueca, ihe @ircrarl was recovered and sent tc tne sone of interior for repair or salvage. AFWL/ HQ Whey 235 f