The remains of the crew members of HH-53C Jolly Roger 67 Chapman, Call, Avery, Prater, and Pearson, and Alley were returned to the United States on October 1 , 1997
He was the jolliest of the Arendal men in the tanker's crew.
Everyone had got dressed up, all of the crew were in period dress, so they're having a jolly time, it's four o'clock in the morning … and saying goodbye to something that's been six years in the making.
But during a reception at a village hall an ITV television camera crew picked him up saying: "There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something".
Nicknamed after his trademark colourful calico clothing, Rackham is chiefly remembered for the design of his Jolly Roger flag, a skull with crossed swords, and for having two female crew, Bonny and Mary Read.
It could be a jolly night for the local rotary were it not for the full camera crew, studio lighting bright enough to blind a reindeer and an equally dazzling line-up of celebrities.
It also features World War II-era images of "jolly, happy gold-digging people" from the private archive of the landowner who owns the cabin where the crew was based while prospecting.
