Michael Cairney assists with administrative duties for search and rescue units taking part in a mission to locate Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland and members of his delegation. A search was initiated after the plane transporting Leland and 15 other people was reported missing en route to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border. Cairney's wife, Gladys Gilbert, was one of the passengers on the aircraft
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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