#71-20284 USAAVNS PFC Dexter B. Baggett UH-1 He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. USAAVNS WOC Malcolm H. Littman Jr. [Need A/C Unit] UH-1H CW2 James M. Hines [P] SSG Donald E. Thornton Jr [C]. ARMY AIR CREWS: 1966 Vietnam Huey Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths This page last updated: 27APR18 Top of Page This website is not a product of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or any other government agency. CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP] #68-15383 A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. MAAG A/C based at Feng-shan crashed into a hillside 10 miles S of Taipei at 0953 hours. WO1 Edward E. Dewinter Jr [P] #593 Crew successfully autorotated down the side of a hill after crossing a ridgeline. DEP Roy A. Chester-LA Co D/4 AVN A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd. USAAVNS A/C crashed at approx 1815 hrs in woods 3 mi north of Ozark during a training flight. A/C was part of a 4-ship lift combat engaged/peacekeeping mission over jungles on the Atlantic coast of Panama. A/C hit pine tree during night training exercise (TAC X) crashed inverted and burned. SP5 Charles Rusk SPC Samuel K. May CW2 Riley D. Wicker [P] Toys & Hobbies; Toy Models & Kits; 1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft Vietnam War. . B/227 AHB CW2 Paul S. Timmer Jr [P] 1 other killed (USMC) 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. A/C crashed in the Red Desert near Rock Springs while ferrying helicopter from CCAD to Boise, ID. UH-1H A/C was in flight of four when it crashed at 1757 hours approx 8 mi SE from Camp Atterbury during routine NOE training due to failure of the forward reduction gear assembly component of the A/C's engine. [Need Tail#] CW2 John J. McCarthy [P] #66-16348 [Need Tail#] A/C became uncontrollable, hit the ground and slid about 60', coming to rest on its right side. 2LT William R. Groce A/82 ABN UH-1 UH-1 SFC Ward A. Cornell SP4 Jerome S. Ryan Jr [C] CSM James W. Cook WO1 Joe K. Hornberger [P] CWO Dewey C. Little Jr [P] CW2 Manuel Gomez [P] SSG Horace P. Robinson [C] A/C became uncontrollable, crashed coming to rest inverted in the grassy area between the east and westbound lanes of the Pennyrile Parkway at 2000 hrs. B/1/228 AVN [Need Tail#] 351 AVN 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. SP5 John M. Rudock [CE] Eventually, however, a system that no longer has an Army-wide parts system or support structure must be phased out. [Need Tail#] WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P] CW3 Geoffrey L. Nett [P] CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P] A/C crashed shortly before noon 9 miles NE of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises due to engine failure followed by extended glide to clearing and hit trees. UH-1 [Need Tail#] (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. [Need Tail#] [Need A/C Unit] (Ft Carson based) 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. 1LT Kenneth Holt [P] SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE]. USAAVNS The M/R came off due to mast bumping, cutting into the A/C causing the explosion and crash. [Need Tail#] LTC William L. Smith. ENS Nicholas J. Ciccarelli (USN) 55 AVN A/C was repositioning from field FARP to cantonment area, at approx 20-30' AGL and 30 KIAS, when A/C went into a rapid descent, crashed and burned. A/C was on a short 3-legged, cross country flight that departed at 1600 hrs. CPT Terrance K. Woolever [P] A/C crashed at approx 2330 hrs near Bonifay while on a routine night training flight a few days before graduation at Ft Rucker. WO1 Kerry P. Hein [CP] UH-1 CPT Joseph Winford McDaniel [P] A/C crashed in a field near Allen Stagefield near Wicksburg at approx 1510 hours while on a routine student pilot training mission. #63-8760 The fire, located 10, ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion . PFC Charles R. Kaiser #68-15366 CW2 Stewart Hundere [AC] 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. 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. CW3 Edward A. Jones [P] SSG David G. Rayborn [MO]. PV2 Randall J. Ladwig 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. 1LT Gregory L. Ray IP told student he was assuming controls, but student would not release controls. CW3 Rodney G. Goheen [P] A/2/147 AVN (MN ARNG) P, CP & CE injured 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. WOC Stanley C. Owens [SP]. A/C crashed near Weilheim while on a flight from Heidelberg to Ulm. 200 AVN 421 MED Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. CP injured. UH-1D A/C was found at first light the next day, with the only recognizable feature being the T/B sticking straight up out of the ground. UH-1H USAAVNS UH-1H M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. #66-16704 MAJ Richard C. Bulliner [P] A/C crashed in a pasture on the Andy Kane Ranch on Squirrel Creek Rd, approx 7 mi E of Fountain shortly before noon due to "Jesus nut" (M/R mast retaining nut) coming off while on a routine operational training flight from Ft Carson. SP4 John Knight [CE] UH-1 Other aircraft were able to avoid wires. Suspect crew disorientation due to whiteout conditions when A/C hit the mountain on the right side. During a left turn, pilot initiated deceleration by raising nose. [Need Tail#] *PVT Chatwin died 7 days later of injuries. A/C was performing a hydraulics off go around at a Skelly Stage Field. SGT Todd W. Smit 2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P] SP5 Everett W. Wancura NOTE: All victims are listed together since specific crews/pax were not known which aircraft they were on. UH-1 SP5 Earl D. Rankhorn [CE] #63-8806 Pilot reported weather was too bad and enroute back to field site when A/C crashed 5 miles NW of Rockingham near the Pee Dee River at approx 0645 hours. A/C had dropped 4 paratroopers when it crashed in an open field near the Yamoto DZ. The drop was canceled due to 300' overcast and visibility at 1-1 1/2 mi in fog. UH-1H *Zilla died May 23 of his injuries. WOC Arthur S. Primeau [SP] [Need Tail#] MAJ Milton R. Roberts [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. 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 was Chalk 2 in flight of three that departed AAF at 2337 hrs searching for an LZ at night. Caused by short shaft failure. #68-16487 CPL J.B. Kim (ROK). SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE] UH-1B Three PAX were ejected with two receiving major injuries and one slight injury. HHC/194 BDE 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. A/C crashed at approx 1130 hrs into trees in area of low visibility approx 20 miles north of Dahlonega after hitting Akin Mountain during a routine training mission. PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE]. #68-15644 P injured. A/C crashed near the islet of Evreos in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea SE of Corinth on a routine flight from the Southern European Task Force Base in Vicenza, Italy. Submit corrections/updated info here 4/12 CAV UH-1H This mod contain: AB-205 Huey Italian Army variant. 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. SP4 Eugene J. Villa. SGT James R. Hendrix Jr [CE]. 1LT Robert E. Tindall [SP] UH-1M CP injured. A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. UH-1D 2LT William A. Warren. + $5.70 shipping. MAAG UH-1H *1LT Whitcher died of injuries on 07MAR64. SP5 Jessie L. Baguex WOC Barry L. Cowles [SP] SP5 David O. Moore. 1LT Jerry R. Taylor [SP] eBay Money Back Guarantee. [Need Tail#] UH-1V UH-1B UH-1H USAAVNS A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG) #66-16092 USAAVNS SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin BELL UH-1 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. UH-1 WOC Timothy Conway [SP] Hover to zoom. Crew put the A/C ina tight left hand turn to avoid the weather when the engine failed. ID ARNG CW2 Anthony R. Rakowski [P] A/C crashed at 1510 hrs in a heavily wooded area in lower Richland County while on an MTF after replacement of M/R system swashplate and engine fuel control. #66-0787 UH-1B WO1 Neil G. Paulson [P] CW2 Howard W. Blanton Jr [P] 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. At 1825 hrs, witness on the northern coast reported low-flying acft flying over her house, followed by silence. CE & PAX injured. SP5 Leonard Velucci. CPT Francis J. Silvert Jr [IP] AB-412 Grifone Italian Army, Carabinieri, SAR, civilian variant. 229 MED DET USAAVNS Training Area. CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P] A/C was on a tactical service mission with crew of 3 and 5 PAX on Ft Bragg. Sticker. UH-1M CPT Arnold J. Kraushaar [P] CIV Jules W. Des Jardins 04 APR 71. WOC William L. Nutt [SP] D/1/10 CAV 1LT Nicki L. Sutera [P] A/C crashed at approx 1832 hrs in a windstorm less than 1 mile W of the airfield. Keister was a news photographer for the Chattanooga Times and other PAX was the PIO at USAF Academy. WO1 Sheryl L. Siroonian [P] SGT Steve R. Grisham [CE]. WO1 Richard T. Block [P] 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. AHT/163 ACR (UT ARNG) SP5 Manuel E. Moore A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. 1LT Donald E. Spencer [P] 2LT [SP] injured. CPT Charlie J. Ford [P] army aircrews huey7ds grand cross banner schedule7ds grand cross banner schedule Pilot attempted VFR into IFR weather by pilot not instrument qualified under direction from demanding officer. A/C was on a low-level, NOE NVG navigation training flight approx 2 miles E of Samson at 2100 hours in Geneva County. WOC Donald M. McDowell [SP] WOC Fredrick R. Williams [SP]. SGT Kosta T. Milisis [C] E/1 CAV RGT PV2 Charles D. Allison SP4 Ray Duda [CE]. Pilot applied power for go-around but A/C continued to descend and lose RPM. 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. A/C crashed in Lake Tahoe at approx 1618 hrs during a flight with an unauthorized civilian PAX onboard. 28 AVN (PN ARNG) weather radar naples, fl 34112; scott black natasha ryan today; captain walker inn provincetown; army aircrews huey. CW2 John C. Johnson Jr [P] At the time of the crash non-rated 2LT Groce was in the pilot's seat flying the A/C. MAJ Morgan L. Phillips Jr [P] USAAVNS UH-1H #014225 WOC Stephen L. McGrew [SP] USAAVNS AFOTEC's mission is to inform the warfighter and acquisition through operational test. SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. A/C assumed abrupt nose down then pitched up nose high then rolled to right and crashed at Ft Rucker during dual training 3 days before graduation. 1 CAV CPT David W. Watson [P] 1 injured. SFC Doyle D. Cannon [MO]. #68-15438 489 ENG BN (AR USAR): The fire, located 10 miles south of the Canadian border just outside New York's Adirondack Park, began on July 12. SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE] CE injured. WO1 John O. A/C crashed due to a failure of the A-7 fuel control, while on MAST mission to rescue personnel in a downed civilian Cessna. 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. approx 0930 hrs, the A/C passed over the south shore of Klondike Lake and PIC made a steep cyclic climb and a 180-degree pedal turn with approx 60'-degree angle of bank, followed by a steep dive. CW3 Robert C. Machholz [P] 1LT Gregory P. Powers [IP] All four crew members aboard perished. A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training. #64-14273 Xsmn displaced in flight, allowing M/R blade to sever tailboom. Task 1070 for all Army aircraft. 10 injured. [Need Tail#] [Need Tail#] Suspect cause of the crash was due to red blade PC link fatigue failure. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. No - mayday was heard; crash attributed to unknown inflight breakup. A/C crashed and burst into flames in a pear orchard adjacent to Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. WOC Kenneth Miller [SP]. UH-1B WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP] PFC Gerald F. Court [CE]. WO1 Vincent C. Gibson [P] 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. SGT Charles B. WOC Brent D. Gularte [SP] #62-12520 The student pilots were less than 1 month from earning their wings. SSG Linda S. Simonds [MD] Investigation revealed that IP allowed student pilot to put the A/C in an attitude from which it was impossible to recover. Killed during a rocket attack standing near his Huey while Troop was staging at Kontum Airfield. UH-1M 1LT James B. Belcher [P] SP4 Donald E. Shinnock. [Need Tail#] 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. A/C had just left Toledo-Winlock airport enroute to Issaquah when it failed to clear a hill about 3 mi N of the airport. *Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later. LTC Elliott W. Polcene Jr [OB] I've been a crewmember on Chinooks since 2003 with the 101st, 2 ID and 10th MTN. Pilot and medic in Chalk 2 acft were killed. CPT James H. Henry [P] [Need Tail#] Crew was initiating a missed approach but airspeed was slow and A/C descended in a slight turn, hitting trees and coming to rest on right side. 193 AVN vw golf door lock problems. Updates ongoing as research is completed. PIC was flying from CP seat was unable to turn on landing light during autorotation and pulled collective too high causing A/C to fall through, hit the ground and burn, approx 4 miles NE of Chaparral on the McGregor Range while on a training mission from Ft Bliss. 3/17 CAV A/C lost power, made a low-altitude, 180-deg turn back to landing area, bled off rotor RPM and crashed nose low into a field in East Finley Township during flight test at approx 1250 hours. UH-1H UH-1H Combination of high airspeed and steep banks resulted in loss of altitude causing M/R blade to hit top of tree. 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 soldier of a field arty observation party exited properly to front of A/C but while attempting to return to acft to pick up additional equipment, walked into the T/R during a training exercise at Ft Irwin. CPT Donald J. Dicenso Jr [P] 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. LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN) [Need Tail#] MAJ James C. Rothwell [P] Edward L. Burkhaulter [IP] WO Ray F. Lumsden [P] 1LT Charles W. Cupples [IP] #69-15851 #63-8762 SP4 George W. Marchessault [CE] Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. SSG Donald K. Chavis [C]. 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. #68-16221 55 AVN UH-1 USAAVNS A/C was being ferried from the Bell Helicopter Co. plant in Hurst to the Sharpe General Depot in California, when it exploded and crashed between Stephenville and Mineral Wells in the Morgan Hill area at 1215 hrs. 2LT William M. Warhime PVT Gary A. Holz [G] UH-1 How many choppers were shot down in Vietnam? #71-20218 UH-1H SGM John W. Knighton. UH-1D At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. #63-8815 Rose [P] A/C crashed in a grassy field near Wicksburg, about 10 mi from Dothan, while on a NVG training mission from Ft Rucker. CW2 Michael S. Robinson [IP] SSG Edward Roberts [CE] 195 AHC Investigation determined that A/C encountered an engine failure and M/R blade struck through the cabin. CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back. The A/C crew was not injured. Approx one minute after takeoff as A/C was making a left downwind departure from LZ after hot refuel, the A/C struck the ground in a left roll, nose-low attitude traveling 60-70 KIAS. #66-16931 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. SP4 Raymond W. Colby A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P] A/C crashed shortly after takeoff from Hunt Stagefield at Ft Rucker after experiencing an engine failure. WOC John P. Palazzolo [SP]. CW3 Clarence P. Burkett Jr [P] SP4 Jimmie L. Barbaree [CE]. 2LT Curt Heady [P] #70-16233 SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO] WO1 Dennis L. Knoll [CP] LTC Joseph L. Lujan WO1 Danny Richard Little [P] 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. PFC Carl L. Brown 412 MED (KY USAR) UH-1 PVT Wayne G. Stevens Visibility was poor with ceilings estimated at 400-600'. Mid-air collision of two HU-1s about 1-1/2 mi E of Elba while on a tactical training flight from Ft Rucker. In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the . Pilots (Group & BN Safety Officers) tried to beat a thunderstorm flying back to Campbell AAF. DEP James D. McSweeney-LA Co UH-1B SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. A/C crashed while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping. #66-16668 Exact cause of stress corrosion could not be determined. 841 MED (WA ARNG) CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P] [Need Tail#] #60-3543 UH-1H #68-16200 #69-15187 CW2 David A. 197 AVN (10 AVN GP) [Need Tail#] UH-1H UH-1H WOC Thomas C. Bridges [SP]
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