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[Need Tail#] UH-1H #69-15324 Miscellaneous units made up the remainder of Army helicopter aviation in Vietnam. P & CE injured. #69-15329 A/C took off at approx 0700 hours on test flight when it crashed into Patuxent River in a steep right turn flying at approx 100 KIAS and immediately sank. UH-1H PFC Elijah Lister Jr Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method A/C was on a medevac mission under NVG's when AAA fire hit the T/R causing acft to enter an uncontrollable spin. 55 AVN Crashed 5 miles E of Kerrville at approx 1430 hours. The . SGT Floyd Smith [CE] Crew put the A/C ina tight left hand turn to avoid the weather when the engine failed. At an altitude of 15-20' AGL and very slow airspeed, the A/C pitched nose up and climbed to 50-60', rolled inverted and crashed. DAC Joseph Samut-Tagliaferro [P] Crew tried to maintain VMC in IMC. CW2 Eular M. Young [P] 1LT Louis J. Stauber SP4 Daniel V. McGrew PFC Jose H. Garcia #71-20296 UH-1B 5 injured. USAAVNS CW3 Jerome A. Kroese [P] A/C was RTB from a training flight at night due to deteriorating weather when it crashed, under power into heavily wooded area near Lake Tholocco approx 4nm NE of airfield. SSG Gregg A. Penn [MO] A/C crashed and burned in heavy woods during a training mission on Ft Benning. SSG Donald E. Thornton Jr [C]. USAAVNS The A/C started a right descending turn when the T/B separated, followed by mast bumping with the rotor separating, crashed and burned upon impact. Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. #67-17567 Pilot and medic in Chalk 2 acft were killed. 11,846 helicopters According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, a total of 11,846 helicopters were shot down or crashed during the war, resulting in nearly 5,000 American pilots and crew killed. UH-1H WOC Kenneth Miller [SP]. Crash occurred at approx 2355 hrs near Shaw Mountain on the NW portion of Ft Hood. [Need Tail#] At the time of the crash non-rated 2LT Groce was in the pilot's seat flying the A/C. WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P] [Need Tail#] SPC Frederick E. Lawrence. A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd. CW2 Michael S. Robinson [IP] In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn. How many choppers were shot down in Vietnam? UH-1H 2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP] UH-1H A/C crashed 18 miles N of Dothan near the Choctawatchee River while on a routine training mission. After being installed on more than 100 U.S. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common . MAJ James C. Rothwell [P] WO1 Richard T. Block [P] CIV Jules W. Des Jardins Eventually, however, a system that no longer has an Army-wide parts system or support structure must be phased out. Heavy fog was reported in the area at the time of the crash. UH-1H A/C crashed between Elba and New Brockton on a training flight from Ft Rucker. A/C was on a low-level navigation training mission using contour flying techniques when it hit two wires about 80-85' AGL and crashed in an open field near the Main River north of Wuerzburg, 1.2 miles south of Karlstadt. UH-1B SP5 Charles Rusk 1LT Gregory J. Paredes [CP] 1LT Peter J. UH-1H M/R blade struck the ground and A/C flipped over and crashed in right nose-low inverted configuration. PVT John W. Harris WOC John P. Palazzolo [SP]. CW2 Robert E. Goebel [CP] SPC Jose G. Ruiz [CE] 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 SP4 Jerrold L. Nunes Another A/C on the same flight landed near the scene of the crash. A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training. SP5 Harvey J. Salas [MO]. CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP] 1LT Robert E. Tindall [SP] Suspect cause of the crash was due to red blade PC link fatigue failure. WOC Larry L. Breaden [SP] A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. SGT Sidney T. Dew A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight. Chalk 1 continued straight and level, hitting the ground in an almost level attitude, slid 326' before coming to rest upright. 101 AVN SP5 Billy G. McGee [CE] CE injured. CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P] 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. UH-1D Among those killed were the deputy commander of the US Military Group and 5 Army helicopter crew members and medical specialists. Sticker. *1LT Whitcher died of injuries on 07MAR64. WOC Brent D. Gularte [SP] CPT Stanley E. Rohner [P] 28 AVN (PN ARNG) 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. [Need Tail#] COL Robert T. Basha 4/12 CAV 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. #65-10109 [Need Tail#] [Need Tail#] UH-1B UH-1H #73-21836 [Need A/C Unit] (CA ARNG) UH-1 A/C crashed and burned in a wooded area near Hunter AAF while on a routine training mission. A medevac helicopter carrying soldiers wounded in a clash with North Korean troops crashed SP5 Carroll C. Zanchi [CE] A/C rolled and tumbled a distance of 130' until coming to rest on its right side on a heading of 225 deg, approx 530' downstream from the wires. [Need Tail#] Of those servicepeople, 2,382 were killed while serving aboard UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the ubiquitous "Huey." SGT Larry D. Roalstad [CE], WO1 Anthony V. Huggins [P] 353 ENG BN (OK USAR) A/C crashed in a remote swampy area about 2100 hrs approx 3 mi NW of Ft Stewart while enroute on a MAST mission to rescue two victims of a car wreck under special VFR clearance. WO James L. Mersman [P] A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG) #69-15294 CPT Francis J. Silvert Jr [IP] 71 AVN CW3 Edward A. Jones [P] CPT Benjamin S. Park Jr [MD] A/C was observed to fall straight down and strike ground and explode. Suspected that pilot's attention was diverted shortly before wire strike to master caution and right fuel boost pump light that illuminated. USAAVNS CW2 John A. Clark [P] IP initiated simulated forced landing and noticed rapidly decaying engine and rotor RPM. #63-8815 SSG David G. Rayborn [MO]. #69-15016 UH-1H UH-1 UH-1H MO injured. UH-1H P & CE injured PFC Gerald F. Court [CE]. maneuvers in the Owens Valley during a weekend USAR drill. WO1 Eric D. Funderburg [P] M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. A/C tookoff from Ft Knox on a flight to "burn off" some time so it could be carried in for a scheduled inspection. 21 AVN Wood [P] Although not the focus of EMU INC., they deserve at least a brief mention: . Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. SP4 Robert E. Lee Murphy [CE] shortly after takeoff along the western sector of the DMZ at 2145 hours approx. WO1 Dennis L. Knoll [CP] A/C impacted ground nose low and in left-bank attitude. SP4 Ricardo J. Tornero [CE] SGT Charles E. Hansberry UH-1H UH-1H Flight crew should not be scheduled for continuous alert and/or flight duty (required awake) in excess of 18 hours. CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P] 4 injured. PFC Mark R. Welch [CE] COL Cheatham was chief of the MAAG for southern Formosa. CW2 Kevin R. Killman [P] Two Hueys participating in a mock disaster drill took off from airfield in loose trail formation for about 3 mi before turning back toward the airfield. SSG Linda S. Simonds [MD] USNTPS #70-16233 #69-15679 SP4 Terence D. Miller The gun armed aircraft would, of course, carry rockets as specified by the unit's mission. : I am a CH-47 Flight Engineer Instructor at Ft. Rucker, AL that works for Flight School XXI. #68-16487 Gear coupling froze as result of extreme heat. At some point during spin, CE was thrown clear of acft and impact with ground caused xmsn to fall over which crushed the medic and the pilots were pinned against the instrument panel. My Blog army aircrews huey Pilot Knoll and CE Knoll were brothers. 121 AVN SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. #69-15675 A/C crashed and burned in a heavily wooded area about 1 1/2 mi S of Troy airport near the Oak Grove Methodist Cemetery at approx 2000 hrs. AVN DET/USAEUR #65-9808 [Need Tail#] #65-10006 NG N. Orleans [SP]. INV Michael D. Davis-Riverside Co The UH-1 evolved from a 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter. UH-1 11 AAD SP6 Charles D. Huntzinger [CE] SSG Michael R. Robson [MO] [Need Tail#] WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP] A/C was peforming an NVG Medevac mission of a wounded military advisor when they entered IMC, initiated proper emergency procedures, re-entered VMC, was in level attitude at cruise airspeed when it struck the side of a hill 38' below the ridgeline at approx 2256 hrs. 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. UH-1 A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three that departed AAF at 2337 hrs searching for an LZ at night. Crew was performing a routine cross-country training flight from Ft Lewis to Stockton, when the A/C landed at South Lake Tahoe Airport. 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. MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC) CW2 Jerome E. Green [P] SPC Samuel K. May #68-16221 [Need Tail#] MAJ Harold F. Sutton [P]. UH-1H #62-12520 2LT Michael P. Scott The impact scattered debris for about 100 yds, and the tail section and engine were separated from the fuselage. SP4 Charles P. Perkins Jr [CE]. 2LT James A. Fitz [SP] 1LT Scott R. Cummins. 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. SPC Marvin T. Simpson. SFC Ward A. Cornell Killed as a result of fall from rope while descending on wreckage of private plane that crashed on Smart's Mountain. UH-1M A/C took off from local airport and flew along the shoreline of Medical Lake for several miles about 300 yds offshore cruising about 90-100 KIAS and 20-30' AGL, initiated a slight right turn, entered a shallow descent allowing tail to hit water first, rotated forward and entered the water in a right, nose-low attitude. Exact cause of stress corrosion could not be determined. [Need Tail#] P injured. 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. 1/212 AVN During descent, a high freq vibration was felt followed by a severe vertical vibration. CW3 Norman B. Lowe [PP] CW2 Willie M. Baker A/158 AVN #67-17640 [Need Tail#] Approx 10 seconds later, A/C disappeared from radar after it apparently entered into mast bumping that caused M/R separation, striking the fuselage at least 4 times and crashed inverted in a wooded mountainous area 15 miles south of Obberot while enroute from Ansbach to Stuttgart. SP4 Howard K. Kearney Jr. USAAVNS UH-1B army aircrews huey. UH-1H CPT Thomas L. Westbrook [IP] UH-1 At 20' AGL, A/C suddenly turned right and settled down to ground, M/R blades hit rock outcropping next to landing area, pitched up then fell down the side of mountain, rolling several times coming to rest far below the saddle and was consumed by post-crash fire. WO1 John O. #64-13510 1LT David J. Hendry [CP] SP5 George A. Minter [CE]. PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE]. WOC Fredrick R. Williams [SP]. WO1 John H. Butler [CP] UH-1B WOC Harold C. Wilson Jr [SP]. UH-1M SPC Henry Salcido CPT Charles W. Worley [P] WO1 Sheryl L. Siroonian [P] A/C was performing a simulated air attack while on a service support mission in conjunction with annual training test when it struck wires, pitched up and crashed inverted into a small tributary of the North Han River near Chuncheon at 1030 hours. UH-1H CW2 Anthony R. Rakowski [P] A/C crashed and burst into flames in a pear orchard adjacent to Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. CW2 William C. Woodard Jr [P] #64-13571 PFC Gary D. Bennight [C] NOTE: This A/C & crew took off from our flight line, where it was based when not in field. CP injured. eBay Money Back Guarantee. SP4 Peter M. Kern A/C was lead in a formation flight of 5 UH-1s which had completed three troop insertions and were RTB when A/C struck three 3/4" seven-strand powerlines at approx 175' AGL, severing control tubes and crashed near Pocheon at approx 1301 hrs. #66-16032 & UH-1B #66-16055 The fire, located 10, ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion . WO1 Daniel B. Foy [P] CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P]. #69-15531 *Meints was in my unit in 88-89. Task 1070 for all Army aircraft. #62-2109 DAC Morgan C. Probasco. 4 ID [Need Tail#] 283 AVN CPT Arnold J. Kraushaar [P] [Need Tail#] In-flight breakup occurred causing M/R system and T/B separation before high-speed impact into trees. MAJ Hubert C. Carter [P] #64-13900 #70-16256 [Need Tail#] UH-1H UH-1V The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. [Need Tail#] UH-1H SSG Cecil B. In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as . A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three UH-1s in loose trail formation which departed Bishop airport enroute to Los Alamitos AAF. [Need Tail#] CW2 John P. Parnin [IP] 2 injured. A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. 1700 hours. A/C departed maintenance ramp at Fliegerhorst Casern to the north and after clearing the boundary fence and about 200' AGL, the M/R assembly separated and fuselage crashed to the ground. [Need Tail#] The A/C flew on its side into a thick stand of trees after the pilot apparently became disoriented and lost control after the A/C turned while some helicopters flying with it maneuvered to avoid thin, low clouds. UH-1H *Miller was the first helicopter fatality in the Indiana ARNG. 1LT Jerry R. Taylor [SP] The Army's 250-foot drop tower at Fort Benning, Georgia sees a newly designed training parachute installed to better match current parachute drop rates. Rotor blade was found approx 1 mi from crash site. UH-1H P & 5 PAX injured. UH-1 Dawson and Pickett were executed by FMLN. As A/C reached 400-500' AGL, mast bumping occurred causing loss of the rotor head, rolled inverted and crashed into trees at approx. UH-1D 1LT Vicki L. Boyd [PI] CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P] A/C crashed at approx 2350 hrs 2 miles northeast of Muldraugh at the top of a rocky cliff, 40' above Wilson Rd during a flight to evaluate a new night vision device (starlight scope) at Ft Knox. 3 injured. SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE]. From this designation came Huey, the name by which it has remained known. A/C crashed in a field along a heavily traveled highway near Hittistetten. [Need Tail#] #74-22348 #66-0854 #66-0572 1968 ~ 1967 ~ 1966 ~ 1963-65, CW2 William J. Zimmermann [IP] Wx was 200' scattered, measured 500' and overcast. CW2 Jeffrey A. Moore [P] P & 5 PAX injured. UH-1D Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. PV2 Charles D. Allison HU-1A A/C exploded and crashed near Wicksburg while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. WOC Donald M. McDowell [SP] [Need A/C Unit] UH-1H HU-1A 82 AVN CIV Phillip E. Walker [IP] The main fuselage came to rest directly underneath the power line and the tail section rolled approx 40' down a hill. CPT Willard R. Woody [C]. Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. 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. SSG Horace P. Robinson [C] A/C exploded in flight and crashed about 6 mi E of Elba off Alabama 189. WOC William B. Hiltebeitel [SP] UH-1H A/C crashed during training flight from Hunter AAF approx 5 miles NE of Rincon. Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. A/C was on a routine training mission out of Ft Rucker when it crashed and burned near the Crenshaw-Covington county lines just off of CR 43 and a 1/4 mile from Hwy 331 about 7 mi S of Brantley. [Need Tail#] #70-15709 CW2 Julius H. Ingram [P] UH-1H WO1 Keith A. Reider [P] 6 AVN PLT WO1 Lawrence D. Topel [P] UH-1H All four crew members aboard perished. SGT Fernando Garcia [CE]. A/C was #2 in flight of 5 that took off on training flight from Ft Lewis in wx conditions below that required for night VFR. CW2 Hugh B. Pearce [P] A/C was attempting emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble. UH-1 UH-1B Mid-air collision at 1519 hours between two UH-1H's at Camp Ripley Military Reserve near Little Falls during an Army National Guard exercise. A/2/147 AVN (MN ARNG) UH-1H He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. SP4 Brian A. Tetta [C] CPT Michael A. McCrory [CP] Probably cause was inverted or near-inverted attitude during bad weather causing severe rotor flapping and subsequent mast separation. P, CP & CE injured army aircrews hueybemidji state hockey jersey. Probable cause was spatial disorientation. SGT John W. Scott [SP]. 197 AVN (10 AVN GP) 11 AAD CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back. USAAVNS Employed as troop transports, Medevac aircraft, and gunships, the Huey transformed the battlefield in Southeast Asia. CW3 Robert J. Izzo Jr [MP] UH-1H USAAVNS CW2 Clarence L. Benoit [CP] SPC Kurt M. Magill CE injured. A/C crashed on a training flight near Elba. [Need Tail#] UH-1H BELL 3 injured. A/C crashed in dense fog near Grafenwoehr enroute to assist in the evac of an accident victim. CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P] WOC Dennis G. Hector [SP]. A/C crashed and burned in the Santa Rita mountains about 5 miles from Sonoita while taking part in exercise Cloud Gap (classified research project). PFC Donald R. Hughes. (#67-16360). LTC Joseph L. Lujan SP6 Joseph H. Johnson 101 ABN PFC Donald W. Persinger A/C entered a nose-high climb, with a 180-degree turn at the top, followed by a nose-low descent return-to-target manuever when the T/R hit a tree and crashed and burned on West Ft Hood at approx 0945 hours during Starburst '87 exercises. #68-15739 UH-1D Huey US Army, Takistan Army variant. UH-1D & UH-1H UH-1H [Need Tail#] A/C crashed while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping.
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