Event
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritimecommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1963 Beaver Beacon reports that Brian Gallagher, a Beaver Island High School graduate, served as loadmaster on a C-133 Hercules assigned to a trained Air Force search-and-rescue unit supporting Major Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 spacecraft landing. It names his parents as Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher of Charlevoix and says he had attended Aquinas College before enlistment.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded service notice. It does not provide a unit record, service dates, aircraft log, recovery action, or enough evidence to merge this episode-specific Brian Gallagher with the separately sourced generic family record.
Open questions
- Which Air Force unit and aircraft record document this assignment?
- Is this Brian Gallagher the same person as other island-connected men with that name?
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Assists in Spacecraft Landing Operation.”Identifies Brian Gallagher as a trained Air Force search-and-rescue crew member and C-133 Hercules loadmaster on station for Major Gordon Cooper’s 22-orbit Faith 7 recovery; it says he graduated from Beaver Island High School and attended Aquinas College, and names his parents, but supplies no service record.