*Zilla died May 23 of his injuries. A/C was attempting a mountain peak landing and at approx 150' above landing site, rotor RPM dropped to 6400. COL James A. Cheatham
The A/C crew was not injured. AVN DET/USAEUR
CE injured. Heavy fog was reported in the area at the time of the crash. [Need Tail#]
SFC Doyle D. Cannon [MO]. 1LT Daniel B. #67-17408
Two or three revolutions then occurred and pilot reduced throttle to stop the spin and A/C descended vertically and hit the ground in a 30 deg nose-down attitude. UH-1H
By implementing an overarching emergency handling logic across the Aviation branch, Army aircrews will be better prepared to respond to emergencies in context with the profiles required in LSCO.
[OH-58A Involved], PFC Michael E. Whittle [C]
A/C departed home field at 0900 hrs for a local flight to a nearby drop zone for staff officers to observe an airborne drop. [Need A/C Unit]
CPT William R. West [CP]
A/C crashed and burned in an open area near Lake Tholocco while attempting an emergency landing during IP course training at Ft Rucker.
1. At 50-100' AGL, pitch was pulled but had no effect and A/C struck ground in near-level attitude and approx 15g. CW4 James A. Nichols [P]
71 AVN
The partial separation of the exhaust pipe from the rear of the engine case allowed the hot exhaust gasses to impinge upon the #1 T/R driveshaft hanger bearing. #74-22348
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DAC Joseph Samut-Tagliaferro [P]
CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P]
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At 1825 hrs, witness on the northern coast reported low-flying acft flying over her house, followed by silence. SP4 Charles P. Perkins Jr [CE].
Approx 2 min after takeoff, 4nm NW of airfield, A/C struck an 80' tree, 59' above the ground and traveled another 345' as it descended through a heavily wooded area, striking several more trees before ground impact. Jet pilot was also killed.
WOC Stanley C. Owens [SP]. M/R blade struck the ground and A/C flipped over and crashed in right nose-low inverted configuration. 55 AVN
A/C flew into the Nha Trang Bay while searching for another Huey crash. CW3 Charles N. Hurt [MP]
A/C was on a night resupply mission and after supply dropoff, five PAX boarded for return flight. ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - A day of routine training to employ water buckets with military helicopters turned into a real-world firefighting mission for two New York Army National Guard UH-60 crews on Tuesday.The 10 Soldiers, based at Albany International Airport,, ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - A day of routine training to employ water buckets with military . [3] [7] In March 1960, the Army awarded Bell a production contract for 100 aircraft, which was designated "HU-1A" and officially named Iroquois after the Native American nations. A/C from Ft Lewis crashed at approx 2230 hrs, 9 mi east of North Bend on a MAST rescue mission to pick up a motorcyclist injured in a crash with a truck.
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Eventually, however, a system that no longer has an Army-wide parts system or support structure must be phased out. Other Army Helicopter Aviation Units in Vietnam. CPT Wallace A. Kell [P]
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Suspect cause of the crash was due to red blade PC link fatigue failure. Thua Thien Province. MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC)
141 SC CO (AR ARNG)
SP4 Robert E. Lee Murphy [CE]
In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as . HU-1A
SP4 Brian A. Tetta [C]
Crew thought they spotted a downed aircraft and descended to approx 20-30' above trees, slowed acft below ETL, spun right and into trees, hitting the ground nose down. WOC Don C. Reed [SP]. Heated flight suits would help protect aircrews from . B/227 AHB
A/C crashed at approx 1320 hrs just after placing a cross atop St Mary's Roman Catholic church under construction in Goeppingen. SGT Richard G. Romero-Imperial Co
2LT William P. Russell [CP]
WO Donald K. Burch [P]
WOC Timothy Conway [SP]
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WO1 James Q. Warren [P]
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CE & PAX injured. SP4 Jeff R. Patterson
T/R hit during low level autorotation practice, M/R system severed from A/C, hit ground and rolled right. Price [SP]. [Need Tail#]
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26 APR 69. 1LT Scott R. Cummins. 82 AVN
A/C crashed into a tree and exploded in flames about 1600 hrs in 11 Mile Canyon, approx 10 mi W of Florissant, during a medevac of an injured mountain climber that fell off a cliff. UH-1H
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CW2 William C. Woodard Jr [P]
A B-1B Lancer from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., flies over a UH-1N Huey helicopter from the 37th Helicopter Squadron at F.E.
WO1 George F. Camara [P]
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1SG Solon B.
Lead aircraft spotted the OH-58, but failed to report its position to remaining flight taking off and getting in position. In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn. A/C tookoff from Ft Knox on a flight to "burn off" some time so it could be carried in for a scheduled inspection. UH-1H
*PVT Chatwin died 7 days later of injuries. ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, dropped more than 100,000 gallons of water on a 526-acre forest fire burning in Flatrock State Forest on July 13 and July 15. A/C exploded and crashed near Wicksburg while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. SP4 James D. Brown
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WOC James C. Garland [SP]
PFC Daniel O. Hilton
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CP injured. UH-1B
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P & CE injured
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The fuel rupture sprayed fuel on the engine and the A/C blew up. WOC George W. Foreman [SP]
IP injured. 2LT Michael P. Scott
E/501 AVN
The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the combat aviation arm of the British Army. Shortly after takeoff at approx 0025 hrs, A/C suffered engine failure at 300-500' AGL. After touchdown of simulated hydraulics off landing, slightly nose right, A/C abruptly lifted from runway and yawed right in an extremely nose-high attitude, went into a hard right yaw, causing nose to hit runway. MAJ Morgan L. Phillips Jr [P]
A/C crashed in a densely wooded area south of Cleveland, near the Tarkington VFD at FM 321 and Texas 163 while flying to Beaumont port for deployment to Desert Storm. [Need Tail#]
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CW2 Jerome E. Green [P]
03 OCT 70: SP5 Kenneth J. Koch [CE] Quang Tin . 6 injured. PFC Jaff J. Decker [CE]
M/R blade landed about 500 yds north of crash site on the Rarey Rd. 101 ABN
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The crew was conducting low-level flight while enroute to the NW NOE routes,
1LT Richard J. Griggs [P]
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A/C crashed at approx 1325 hrs in a steep ravine near Timber Mountain while attempting to take off from mountain with all unit IP's, ASO, and CO at Ft Carson. A/C crashed during training flight from Hunter AAF approx 5 miles NE of Rincon. [Need Tail#]
*Miller was the first helicopter fatality in the Indiana ARNG. CPT Harry D. Kinman
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The Aircrew Badge, commonly known as Wings, is a qualification badge of the United States military that is awarded by all five branches of armed services to personnel who serve as aircrew members on board military aircraft. They then formed up in a side-by-side formation to fly past a picnic area at approx 25' AGL and 90-100 KIAS when M/R blades made contact and crashed. #66-15245
CW2 Jules S. Guidry [PP]
CW2 Joseph R. Berning [CP]
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PFC Terrance T. Klein
CPT Robert D. Brown [P]
A/C was flying from the unit's barracks at Baumholder to the Army training grounds at Grafenwoehr, when it lost its T/R, crashed and burst into flames in a garden on the edge of a sugar beet field near Unteralterheim. UH-1
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WOC Kenneth Miller [SP]. [Need Tail#]
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SP4 Howard K. Kearney Jr. USAAVNS
CSM James W. Cook
SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin
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377 MED
SSG Donald K. Chavis [C]. 2 injured. 2LT William R. Groce
A/C crashed at approx 1100 hrs about 5 mi N of Saginaw while on an acceptance flight out of the Globe plant near Blue Mound. UH-1
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JACKSON, Tenn. -- To enhance Army battlefield lethality, UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopter pilots recently tested technology which could drastically change how Black Hawk Army aircrews plan and . AHT/163 ACR (UT ARNG)
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2LT William A. Warren. 11 AAD
*Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later. UH-1B
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CE injured. The UH-1 evolved from a 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter. CP & CE injured. [Need Tail#]
SAR operations failed to locate the missing A/C and were called off on December 4. #65-9808
CW2 Anthony R. Rakowski [P]
A/C crashed at approx 1100 hours near Townsend during annual training. There were heavy rainstorms in the area at the time.
MAAG A/C based at Feng-shan crashed into a hillside 10 miles S of Taipei at 0953 hours.
A/C crashed at approx 2330 hrs near Bonifay while on a routine night training flight a few days before graduation at Ft Rucker. Exact cause of stress corrosion could not be determined. CW2 Harold M. Kelly Jr
During descent, a high freq vibration was felt followed by a severe vertical vibration. Evidence of inflight fire prior to impact and wreckage was distributed over an area of 1800' long and 200' wide. CPT Dennis H. Uyenoyama [P]
WOC Robert W. McComb [SP]
LTC Edward F. Kelly
IP was in full control of emergency landing until they hit power lines during the flare which flipped the A/C upside down. SGT Charles L. Hansen [CE]
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A/C and crew were based at Peden Barracks in Wertheim. CIV Sven E. Carlson
A/1/212 AVN
SGT Sidney T. Dew
A/C was attempting emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble. A/C was hovering to refuel when wind from the rear tipped the acft and spun it around and M/R hit the ground causing acft to roll on its right side. A/C exploded in flight and crashed about 6 mi E of Elba off Alabama 189.
A/C was observed to fall straight down and strike ground and explode. CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P]. SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO]
D/1/9 CAV
1LT George G. Bendik* (USAF)
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WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP]
*Meints was in my unit in 88-89. WOC Barry L. Cowles [SP]
2 SP injured. CW2 Michael E. Smith [P]
CE injured.
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A/C flew into the trees on a moonless night 5 mi SW of Andalusia, while conducting a low-level navigation course at Ft Rucker 8 days before the scheduled graduation of class 71-41. #63-8806
1 other killed (USMC)
A/C crashed into the east side of San Bernardino National Forest approx 15 SE of Big Bear Lake (Hell For Sure Canyon) at about 6000' level. [Need Tail#]
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SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE].
CW2 Michael J. Foley [P]
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WOC Dennis D. Lukow [SP]
CPT Joseph Winford McDaniel [P]
IP & SP injured. WO1 Vincent C. Gibson [P]
Shot down by an FMLN patrol in San Francisco canton at approx 1430 hours in Lolotique district, Department of San Miguel, while flying at low altitude. 1LT Jerry R. Brown [CP]
A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. Visibility was poor at time of accident. ARMY AIR CREWS: Army Aviation Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths information websites Dedicated to the soldiers and families of the United States Army's Aviation Branch who have paid the ultimate price for freedom and liberties enjoyed today by all Americans. Rose [P]
CPT Thomas L. Westbrook [IP]
When the Army adopted its own two-letter designation system, the H-40 became the HU-1 (Helicopter Utility). A portion of the M/R blade went into the left side of the cabin and struck victim in the head. #68-15366
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CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back. PFC Ralph A. Cooper
Accident caused by material failure of collective pitch sleeve lock. Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method A/C crashed after striking a tree during a routine training exercise conducting an air mobile assault field test with 82 ABN PAX at Ft Stewart. A/C crashed and burned in heavy woods during a training mission on Ft Benning. UH-1H
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CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P]
(U.S. Air Force photo) WWII USAAF Aircrews During World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircrews fought in a vast global war from the hot, dry deserts of North Africa to the dangerously frigid wilderness in Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. UH-1H
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A U.S. Air Force Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star of the 1st Composite Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland, crashes just short of the north runway on approach to that base, killing pilot Maj. John H. McDowell Jr., 37, Clinton, Maryland, and Lt. Edwin D. Billmeyer, 24, of Baltimore, Maryland, and injuring three motorists on the ground.
A/C hit pine tree during night training exercise (TAC X) crashed inverted and burned. I've been a crewmember on Chinooks since 2003 with the 101st, 2 ID and 10th MTN. No - mayday was heard; crash attributed to unknown inflight breakup. 283 AVN
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CW2 John J. McCarthy [P]
A/C crashed shortly after takeoff from Hunt Stagefield at Ft Rucker after experiencing an engine failure.
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A/C on a medical evacuation mission crashed into a mountain at approx 3000' level, outside of Soto Cano AFB near Comayagua. P was killed when his bullet proof seat back severed an artery in his neck. MAJ Miles H. Downes
PV2 Randall J. Ladwig
CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P]
UH-1M. CW2 Kevin R. Killman [P]
SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
A/C crashed in Makua Valley on the island of Oahu during Exercise High Top II manuevers after it apparently developed engine trouble at 50' AGL. PVT Wayne G. Stevens
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WO1 Daniel B. Foy [P]
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2LT [SP] injured.
1LT Charles W. Wilks [IP]
Warren AFB, Wyo., during a joint exercise at the Powder River Training Complex in western South Dakota, Dec. 7, 2017. PFC Alan G. Mandes
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WO1 Richard J. Kasha [PC]
421 MED
CW2 David A. 11 AAD
1LT William A. Dekle Jr [SP]
A/C struck a mountain outcropping and crashed into Beaver Lake at approx 0805 hours while on a news photographic mission, taking pictures of survival training given to all new AF cadets. A/C crashed and burned 3 mi south of Turkey Creek Ranch while on a routine training mission from Ft Carson at approx 1050 hours. CPT William R. Apblett II [P]
374 AA (USAR)
It happened to the O-2 aircraft in 2010, and now the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter,. *1LT Whitcher died of injuries on 07MAR64. 2LT Richard A. Veon [SP], WOC Louis A. Brooks Jr [SP]
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CPT Charles W. Worley [P]
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CPT Patrick F. Craven [P]
CP injured. After being installed on more than 100 U.S. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common . CW4 James R. Bollar [P]
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MAJ Richard C. Bulliner [P]
FACTS & FIGURES. SP4 David E. Michon
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CW2 Robert R. Riegle [P]. 121 AVN
CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP]
SGT David M. Coleman [CE]
SGT Johnny M. Rogers [CE]
A/C crashed in the Red Desert near Rock Springs while ferrying helicopter from CCAD to Boise, ID. #PinoyAviatorsNEWS PAF UH-1H HUEY CRASHED, KILLING 2 PILOTS, 2 AIRCREWS & 3 ARMY SOLDIERS ONBOARD A Philippine Air Force (PAF) UH-1H "Huey" helicopter with tail number 517 from the 205th Tactical. #014225
A/C's mast separated and M/R blades struck fuselage, crashed and burned during training at Ft Rucker. SP4 Mark T. Francis [CE]
CW2 John A. Clark [P]
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CPT Stanley E. Rohner [P]
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Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. + $5.70 shipping. Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. UH-1B
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A/C crashed on the downwind leg at Toth stagefield during full faced NVG training. As A/C began a straight-up hover to about 80', it entered fog and clouds, paused, turned left and then began a descent, pickup up airspeed, traveling approx 1000m, crashed on a rising slope, rebounded into the air hitting two trees and came to rest on level terrain. UH-1H
During the conflict, the Hueys relied primarily on 7.62 .
Caused by short shaft failure. Thanks in large part to the helicopter's numerous appearances on the silver screen, it is now difficult to picture the Vietnam War without seeing the UH-1 Iroquois - better known as the Huey. LT Nevzat Elvermez [SP]. UH-1
The student pilots were less than 1 month from earning their wings. PFC Donald R. Krause
A/C experienced a power failure and hit high tension wires and plunged into the Santa Ana River bed about 1/2 mile S of Lakeview Ave while enroute to repair another A/C in the Riverside area. A/C experienced mast separation, crashed and burned in a swamp near the Chocktawahatchee River about 6 mi NE of Ozark while on a routine training flight from Ft Rucker. A/C was flying in chalk 2 position when the T/R hub failed, made a perfect landing down into the pine forest only to set down on a tree stump, which damaged the fuel tank. WOC John P. Palazzolo [SP]. UH-1H
C $63.6 Free shipping for many products Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft Vietnam War at the best online prices at . WO1 Conny C. Cook [P]
LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN)
A/C departed field site to check weather. MAJ James C. Rothwell [P]
CPT David L. Hill [IP]
WO1 Danny Richard Little [P]
CW2 Hugh B. Pearce [P]
From this designation came Huey, the name by which it has remained known. Ward [CE]
Mid-air collision with another Huey 5 mi south of Samson near the Alabama-Florida line while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. SP6 Joseph H. Johnson
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Mid-air between two UH-1B during formation flight on Ft Benning. After attempting to pick up a jeep (50# TQE limit), A/C took off from the PZ at night unaided. CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP]
SGT Larry D. Roalstad [CE], WO1 Anthony V. Huggins [P]
A/C was on a night mission supporting Project MASSTER when it went inadvertant IMC departing Pipeline Gunnery Range on Ft Hood at 0200 hrs and crashed about 600 yds from takeoff point near the Dalton Mountain helipad. 1LT Nicki L. Sutera [P]
A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. During hover before takeoff, pilot was making a pedal turn and was blinded by landing light being switched on, lost ground reference and control of A/C and crashed at approx 1800 hrs in the upper Ship Creek Valley at Ft Richardson. 1LT Donald E. Spencer [P]
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PFC James E. Cullen
E/1 CAV RGT
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CW2 Gary C. Nistler [P]
AB-212 Twin Huey Italian Army, Italian Air Force, Italian Navy variant. A/C was performing gun manuevers when excessive attitudes combined with CG issues due to fuel load in ferry tank, caused the mast to shear. SP4 John Knight [CE]
DAC Chansy Hang [IP]. USAAVNS
SPC Kurt M. Magill
Pilot and medic in Chalk 2 acft were killed.
Flight crew should not be scheduled for continuous alert and/or flight duty (required awake) in excess of 18 hours. [Need Tail#]
Military. CPT William S. Inklebarger [P]
SP5 Manuel E. Moore
DEP Roy A. Chester-LA Co
Post crash fire engulfed the A/C. Special VFR approach into weather which was below IFR minimums was attempted. UH-1H
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A/C observed entering cloud, reappeared in steep descent, pulled out and climbed back into cloud then steep descent. SP5 Edward E. Poindexter
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It broke up on impact and sank, leaving a fuel fire on the surface. 3/498 MED
A/C rebounded into the air and struck the ground with a 30 degree left roll, rebounded once more in the air with remaining fuselage and rolled 1 1/2 times coming to rest inverted. SFC Juan R. Guerra
PFC Donald R. Hughes. 336 AHC (USAR)
A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. 1LT Jerry R. Taylor [SP]
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There was a miscommunication between construction workers and the pilot that the load was detached, however as the A/C began to depart, the stress from the load caused the A/C to turn upside down, crashing to the ground nose first.
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WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P]
SP4 Jerome L. Brachel [CE]
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CIV Max Keister. MO injured. GYPSUM, Colo. -- In the early morning of July 16, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk rescue crew was alerted to a severely injured hiker who had fallen 500 feet down one of Colorado's tallest peaks. A/C crashed in a grassy field near Wicksburg, about 10 mi from Dothan, while on a NVG training mission from Ft Rucker. A/C was on final approach during hydraulics-off landing and did not maintain proper lane alignment which was aggravated by the application of left lateral cyclic at reduced airspeed. UH-1B
ELT was not installed on A/C and aircraft could not be located after a month long search. UH-1H
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CPT Charlie J. Ford [P]
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A/C was on a MAST blood run and had dropped off the blood at Madisonville, KY hospital and was returning to Ft Campbell flying at 75' AGL when it hit a powerline severing the M/R push-pull tubes. CW2 Roger D. Given [P]
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CW2 Steven D. Hodge [IP]
LTJG Philip R. O'Connell (USN)
D/28 AVN (NC ARNG)
SP4 Ray Duda [CE]. The gun armed aircraft would, of course, carry rockets as specified by the unit's mission.
A/C crashed at approx 2100 hrs near Oak Grove airport S of Ft Worth while enroute to 300 Aviation Squadron base during violent stormy weather. UH-1D & UH-1H
CPT William L. Allen [CP]
1968 ~ 1967 ~ 1966 ~ 1963-65, CW2 William J. Zimmermann [IP]
CE injured. PFC Ronald J. Shelton
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NOTE: Most information for Vietnam crew losses have come from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association #69-15329
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M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. #65-9822
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CW2 John M. Mercer* [CP]. PFC Ira D. Holland [CE]
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CW2 Edmund F. Paulauskas [P]. CH-146 helicopter from Take on Helicopter in military, medical, civilian, police variant.
DEP Mark S. Tonkin-Orange Co. 140 AVN (CA ARNG)
Pool [SP]. 53 AVN DET
WO James L. Mersman [P]
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SP4 George W. Marchessault [CE]
During search for Texas International Flt 655, A/C encountered fog and crashed at approx 1630 hrs during a formation turn, impacted nearly vertical nose-down, and an explosion and fire resulted near Prescott. CW3 Rodney G. Goheen [P]
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WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]