111KU to the Rescue
(Republished from the 2 April 1965 issue of The Voxair)
2nd. Operational Skid Landing for 111KU
On Fri. 12 Mar on 111 Albatross flew to the rescue of an injured Northland Fisheries pilot who had crashed at Big Stone Lake, 88 miles ESE of Norway House.
The pilot, Mr. Howard Hawley, was pinned in the wreckage of his Barkley Grow for nearly three hours, being freed just prior to the arrival of the rescue aircraft.
The 111 Albatross carried out the second operational skid landing of the RCAF (the unit carried out the first landing of this type last year), and was met by a Bombardier. The Captain, F/L Ted Miles and the medical team with F/L Bill O’Hara proceeded to the crash scene and picked up the injured pilot.
Mr. Hawley, whose condition was reasonably good, was flown to Winnipeg and whisked off to St. Boniface Hospital.
