In the tradition of great tales of men against the sea, this story
offers a compelling look at courage and commitment in the face of
certain tragedy. It is a powerful blend of human drama and
real-life naval operations, but unlike most books in the genre, its
heroes are airmen, not seamen, and most survived their ordeal.
Originally published on the 25th anniversary of Alfa Foxtrot 586's
fatal mission as a tribute to those lost, the account was written
by a naval aviator who has flown the same aircraft on the same
mission from the same air base. The aircraft is a P-3 Orion on
station during a sensitive mission off the Kamchatka Peninsula in
the north Pacific. The time is mid-day on 26 October 1978. Andy
Jampoler takes readers into the cockpit of the turboprop as a
propeller malfunction turns into an engine fire, eventually forcing
Jerry Grigsby to ditch his patrol plane into the empty, mountainous
seas west of the Aleutian Islands. His fourteen crewmembers,
strapped in their seats, expect the worst, and get it. The aircraft
goes down in just ninety seconds, taking one of the three rafts
with it. A second raft, terribly overcrowded, soon begins to leak.
This book draws on interviews with survivors, searchers, and even
the master of the Soviet fishing trawler that saved the living and
recovered the bodies of the dead, as well as recordings of radio
communications, messages in the files of the state and defence
departments, and the patrol squadron's own investigation of the
ditching. Everyone who likes survival epics and enjoys reading sea
and air adventures will be entertained by this engrossing true
story.
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