A Huskie helicopter was whirring over the Gulf of Tonkin in search of Cullen when Vietnamese 1st Lieut. Nguyen Van Phu, who ditched his flaming Skyraider near the spot where the U.S. pilot went down, fired a smoke signal to attract its attention.
a type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal
Hyphenation
a type of flare or com·bus·tion de·vice some·times used as a dis·tress sig·nal