Penfield Reef
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On November 29, 1945, The crew of a grounded oil barge on Penfield Reef in Long Island Sound off Fairfield, CT are rescued by helicopter hoist, for the first time in history.
Ref: www.sikorskyarchives.com/first.html
Ref: www.sikorskyarchives.com/first.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_and_rescue#Air_Sea_Rescue
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°7'28"N 73°14'3"W
- Mid-Sound Dumpsite 8.7 km
- Glenbrook 27 km
- Mianus 32 km
- South Mountain Road 67 km
- New York State Thruway Exit 24 185 km
- Rensselaer County, New York 209 km
- Otsego County, New York 249 km
- Munnsville Wind Farm 281 km
- Fenner Windpower Project 296 km
- New York 686 km
- One Rod Highway Marsh 1.2 km
- Jennings Beach Park 1.9 km
- Government Commons 2.2 km
- Pine Creek Marsh 2.3 km
- Fairfield Historic District 2.5 km
- Grover Hill 2.5 km
- Fairfield Town Center 2.6 km
- Post Rd/Kings Hwy Cutoff 2.6 km
- Black Rock, Connecticut 3.5 km
- Fairfield University/Mill Plain Rd 4.4 km