Third in a series of seven photographs showing the rescue dramatic air-sea rescue of Ensign E.H. Barry, USN, pilot of a Grumman AF Guardian when he was forced to ditch his plane immediately after taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). The series was taken by a Navy photographer on the bridge of the USS Bearss (DD 654). During the rescue, the pilots parachute opened, making it impossible for the helicopter to complete the rescue and pull him from the helicopter sling. After hitting the water for the second time, Ens. Barry began cutting his parachute shroud lines. Before he had completed cutting them, a motor whaleboat from the USS Bearss (DD-654) rescued him from the sea. Approximately twelve minutes after he crashed, Ensign Barry was on board the USS Bearss (DD-654) and being treated for minor cuts and abrasions. In this third photograph, all the slack has been taken out of the shroud lines to the parachute and the strain is increasing on the pilot until the point is reached that he must release the helicopter sling.