Crewmen hoist a raft over the side of the salvage ship USS CONSERVER (ARS 39) during salvage operations for downed Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL-007). The commercial jet was shot down by Soviet aircraft over Sakhalin Island on August 30, 1983 in the Sea of Japan. All 269 passengers and crewmen were killed
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Created Date | 1983-09-17 |
Description | The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Conserver (ARS 39) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 F. Barbante, USN Release Status: Released to Public |
Creator | Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994- |
Partner | National Archives and Records Administration |
Contributing Institution | National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesNational Archives at College Park - Still Pictures |
Type | image |
Format | Magnetic Disk Magnetic Disk: Hard Drive |
URL | http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6443819 |
Rights | Unrestricted |