HELICOPTER OPERATIONS, AT BIKINI ATOLL ~ HMR 362 - U. Se MARINE CORPS . e oo 20 JANUARY ~ 1APRIL 1954 eee ~" *. . - - oo So weganuary February March " Adroraft assigned mh ap Average Aircraft Available , Flights oe Hours flown © ~ ee ee Casualties — =o. tee a v ~ 766 10.7 ; a n.3 u D1 - «903—~Ss«*730 THK 5288 73306 4819, \ 1853s 1689 «10873 ae Accidents ee te - 220° i«wsi6983 Passengers carried > afaa a. 0. 11.5 bverage . . .. . . ~~ . m : wey - . 1 0 =. Oo ~ “ « 0 a 0 oo é oo ae aoe «a ~~ ™ Save st +. ” a Notes On 28 January 1954, @ helicopter took off on a ‘routine - ‘ship to. shore flight,. Inmediately upon becoming airborne, and at an In _ altitude of approximately two (2) feet, the’aircraft crashedto‘the . "|deckon itsright side as a result of a mechanical failure. A frag- <<-. _ment of therotor bladestruck the left kmee of the Landing Signal* Officer, Technical SergeantEldon R. LARAWAY, 520276, USMC who | "Sustained midAscerations, moderate contusions, §and moderate ‘abrasions... oF : t i i Sy yee -ee zr . Tee Pes a . 7 tale? aa on p a org rw s 4 an me . 77 ee tee = : =. . . -. + ahd . vm 4, - ott “pe ‘ : 4 “34 “4 a. oF 4 154 a : ‘ . = ce . _— ¥ PUPy — wee eee — 5 - ~