AW1 Sherwood Serfass VS-22  S-2E BUNO: Unknown 7/13/37-5/7/69 Hometown: Pen Argyle, PA

Helicopters and ships searched the Atlantic 300 miles west of Portugal yesterday for signs of four airmen who were lost when their twin-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from the aircraft carrier Wasp.

A Navy spokesman at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, where the Wasp is based, said last night the search was continuing.

The families of three of the missing live in the Quonset area.

The Navy said the S-2E Tracker plane crashed after it was launched on a "routine training mission" under adverse weather conditions.

Other ships joined helicopters from the Wasp in the search for the airmen, the Navy said.

The men are assigned to Air Antisubmarine Squadron 22 aboard the Wasp, which left Quonset April 1. The were engaged in antisubmarine tracking maneuvers when the accident occurred.

The men were identified as: Lt. Cmdr. Monte Darmand, pilot, husband of Mrs. Tanya H. Darmand of 84 Colonial Rd., North Kingston, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Luis G. Darmand of 49 Baymont Rd. Clearwater, Fla.

Lt. (j.g.) David H. Baird, co-pilot, husband of Mrs. Adrienne M. Baird of 54-B Forrestal Ave., of Quonset Point, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Arley R. Baird of 1505 W. Pine St., Lompoc, Calif.

Sherwood Serfass, petty officer first class, husband of Mrs. Doris J. Serfass of the Naval Air Station Trailer Park, Quonset, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Serfass, 45 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Pen Argyl, Pa.

Joseph E. Cough Jr., petty officer second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Cough Sr., of 41 Elm St., Gardiner, Maine.