Pilot Carl Richard Talafous, United States Department of the Treasury

Pilot Carl Richard Talafous

United States Department of the Treasury - Customs Service, U.S. Government

End of Watch Wednesday, July 14, 1993

Carl Richard Talafous

Pilot Carl Talafous was killed in a helicopter crash along with two other U.S. Customs Service agents and a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent.

The Sikorsky UH-60A they were in struck high tension power lines 82 feet above the Altamaha River near Hortense, Georgia, as the agents searched for clandestine airstrips and marijuana grow operations.

Bio

Age 40
Tour Not available
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Incident Details

Cause Aircraft accident
Location Georgia

narcotics

Most Recent Reflection

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Rick had everyone laughing so hard that their faces and stomachs hurt, we were on a raft trip down the SF of the American R. , late 1970s.

I miss the happy birthday calls at 3:30 in the morning.

Rick = the best.

Leon Alan Johansson, Civilian AF Enginee
Engineering @ Travis AFB

July 13, 2013