(#67-16360). UH-1H PFC Alan G. Mandes A/C crashed at the base of Mt Listerane in the Rincon Mountains at approx 1300 hrs while transporting from Ft Worth to Sharp Army Depot in California. 6 injured. A/C experienced a mechnical problem while taking off, crashed and burned approx 18 miles N of Junction City, near the intersection of K82 and Hwy 77. WO1 Paul A. Holley [P] A/C crashed near Wertheim during weather related night crash during a mercy flight to Aschaffenburg to pick up a supply of blood. PFC Bonnie C. Handley. IP & SP injured. A/C flew into the Nha Trang Bay while searching for another Huey crash. eBay Money Back Guarantee. [Need Tail#] A/C exploded in flight and crashed about 6 mi E of Elba off Alabama 189. WOC Charles E. Cady [SP] SGT Floyd Smith [CE] A/C crashed at approx 1815 hrs in woods 3 mi north of Ozark during a training flight. E/3 AVN BN CPT Harvey R. Jokinen UH-1H A/C departed the airport for a half-hour flight with the PAX and minus one crewmember. CPT Wallace A. Kell [P] A/C was on a tactical service mission with crew of 3 and 5 PAX on Ft Bragg. At A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous. USAAVNS SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE] Thua Thien Province. The M/R blades and xmsn were torn loose before ground impact. Two aircraft involved were trailing. 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 . 507 MED 76 AVN (VA ARNG) 101 AVN PVT John W. Harris A/C was in flight of 7 acft on RTB from a 5-day field exercise to Goeppingen, proceeding in loose trail formation. 193 AVN [Need Tail#] CW2 Julius H. Ingram [P] 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. 2LT William A. Warren. A/C crashed at approx 0550 hours during a rain storm near the NE fringe of San Antonio after dropping off an automobile wreck victim at a local hospital. USNTPS #71-20218 CPT Laurence R. Sexton [MP] I've been a crewmember on Chinooks since 2003 with the 101st, 2 ID and 10th MTN. #68-16200 WOC Dennis D. Lukow [SP] SFC Doyle D. Cannon [MO]. 1LT James D. Dugger Jr [P] SP5 James L. Craig Jr. Pleiku . [Need Tail#] SGT Michael J. Chandler [CE]. #69-15679 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. UH-1B T/R hit during low level autorotation practice, M/R system severed from A/C, hit ground and rolled right. Shaft sheared from coupling after seizure. WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP] The student pilots were less than 1 month from earning their wings. SP5 Billy G. McGee [CE] Mid-air crash with an OH-6A #67-16656 during routine training at Lawson AAF. #66-16293 #67-17567 #64-14144 Shortly after takeoff at approx 0025 hrs, A/C suffered engine failure at 300-500' AGL. [Need Tail#] Investigation revealed that IP allowed student pilot to put the A/C in an attitude from which it was impossible to recover. 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 crashed into the North Han River at approx 1430 hours. WOC Malcolm H. Littman Jr. [Need A/C Unit] P, CP & CE injured It happened to the O-2 aircraft in 2010, and now the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter,. 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. WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP] DEP Mark S. Tonkin-Orange Co. 140 AVN (CA ARNG) SFC Charles R. Metcalf [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. Caused by short shaft failure. #71-20296 NOTE: This A/C & crew took off from our flight line, where it was based when not in field. A/C departed Hood AAF at 1330 hrs and arrived at field site near Gorman Falls at approx 1400 hrs where they dropped off supplies and picked up 3 PAX. A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0500 hours from Hohenfels AAF near Nuremberg, during a routine flight over the Hohenfels A/C pitched forward into a high speed dive while changing position in formation flight cutting through 250' of trees on Ft Stewart. #69-15436 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. + $5.70 shipping. MAJ Hubert C. Carter [P] 1LT William A. Dekle Jr [SP] UH-1B HU-1A 1 injured. UH-1H The following pages will list only those individuals who have lost their lives UH-1H SP4 Robert E. Lee Murphy [CE] 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. 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. 126 MED (CA ARNG) UH-1H During a left turn, pilot initiated deceleration by raising nose. WOC Robert W. McComb [SP] IP initiated simulated forced landing and noticed rapidly decaying engine and rotor RPM. The fire, located 10 miles south of the Canadian border just outside New York's Adirondack Park, began on July 12. #63-8840 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. 229 MED DET CIV Phillip E. Walker [IP] DEP James D. McSweeney-LA Co The M1952A vest provided only fragmentation protection and was useless against small arms fire. SFC Ramon N. Espinoza [CE] Sticker. 1SG Wood died 2 days later. SFC Peter A. Graves A special missions aviator instructor with the 54th Helicopter Squadron prepares for takeoff at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on May 13, 2014. UH-1 P & CE injured CW2 Mark H. Nelson [P] LTC David H. Pickett [P] UH-1H 1LT Robert E. Tindall [SP] 374 AA (USAR) #68-15739 Among those killed were the deputy commander of the US Military Group and 5 Army helicopter crew members and medical specialists. UH-1H Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method UH-1M #63-8815 #66-16931 #72-21559 #65-9601 UH-1H WOC injured. CW2 Robert R. Riegle [P]. A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three UH-1s in loose trail formation which departed Bishop airport enroute to Los Alamitos AAF. WOC Arthur S. Primeau [SP] 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. 82 AVN [Need Tail#] AHT/163 ACR (UT ARNG) 10 injured. WOC Billy L. West [SP] WOC James W. Connor [SP]. UH-1H A/C crashed into Lake Ellsworth (15 mi N of Ft Sill) and sank in 15' of water while conducting over water training under NVGs. LT Nevzat Elvermez [SP]. SP4 James D. Brown 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. A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight. A/C was cleared to land on sod next to runway, when it touched down hard and crew attempted to recover, became airborne again, flipped inverted, rolled and came to rest upright. PFC Donald R. Krause CW2 Dale R. Schmidt [P] 2 SP injured. Edward L. Burkhaulter [IP] #69-15187 USAAVNS #66-16668 It then burst into flames. A/C crashed and burned at approx 0900 hrs while on a paratrooper training mission at drop zone located on the Kentucky-Tennessee line on Ft Campbell. SP4 Terry L. Knoll [CE] UH-1H WOC Guy K. Nelson [SP]. USAAVNS AB-212 Twin Huey Italian Army, Italian Air Force, Italian Navy variant. WO Ray F. Lumsden [P] A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. CPT Andrew W. Burgland [P] A/C crashed in a field near Allen Stagefield near Wicksburg at approx 1510 hours while on a routine student pilot training mission. Task 1070 for all Army aircraft. Another A/C on the same flight landed near the scene of the crash. Chalk 2 hit the ground in a right nose-low attitude and tumbled approx 292' before coming to rest in an inverted position. MSG Robert E. Lucey Jr. C/106 AVN (DE ARNG) SP5 David O. Moore. AFOTEC's mission is to inform the warfighter and acquisition through operational test. Pilot lost control after a small metal stud broke and key parts fell off the M/R assembly. Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P] SFC David L. Alvarez [C]. 2LT William R. Groce 3 injured. Wood 351 AVN UH-1H Pilot attempted VFR into IFR weather by pilot not instrument qualified under direction from demanding officer. PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst 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. UH-1H 4-228 AVN WOC George W. Foreman [SP] 26 APR 69. UH-1H Ward [CE] [Need Tail#] ID ARNG C injured. 25 AVN BN CW2 James H. Miles [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. USAAVNS CW2 Eular M. Young [P] [Need Tail#] Flight slowed to about 50 KIAS and crossed a tower at less than required 50' clearance when Chalk #4 descended onto the tower while returning to cruising altitude. A/C crashed in dense fog around 0003 hours EDT near Yarmouth on a combined passenger delivery and training missing from Providence to Camp Edwards. 2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P] CPT Willard R. Woody [C]. [Need Tail#] UH-1 SP4 Mark T. Francis [CE] The CE that survived was thrown from the descending A/C at about 200' and lived. SGT Sheldon W. Gran Mid-air over Dorret's Run firing range at Ft Knox during the final dress rehearsal for a demonstration for West Point cadets, etc. 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 crashed in Makua Valley on the island of Oahu during Exercise High Top II manuevers after it apparently developed engine trouble at 50' AGL. 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. A/C crashed at approx 1832 hrs in a windstorm less than 1 mile W of the airfield. CW2 Kevin R. Killman [P] SP5 Henry L. Andrews* [CE] UH-1B Butler. #69-15324 #64-13696 #71-20260 MO injured. UH-1H Member of Army team of helicopter acrobats was killed when he fell 40' while performing at a carnival in Madison. CW2 Michael S. Robinson [IP] [Need A/C Unit] #65-9436 A/C crashed and burned in a wooded area near Hunter AAF while on a routine training mission. 03 OCT 70: SP5 Kenneth J. Koch [CE] Quang Tin . UH-1B USAAVNS 36 MED DET (MAST) DET H 504 AVN SGT Charles E. Lewis UH-1B B/38 AVN BDE (IN ARNG) 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. Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. SP5 Charles Rusk UH-1 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. [Need Tail#] UH-1H 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. A/C lost control on approach and crashed and burned at Rodriguez Range during a night-time extraction of troops. WOC Kenneth Miller [SP]. 16 OCT 72. 55 AVN CPT Patrick F. Craven [P] CW2 Jerome E. Green [P] UH-1B 1LT Gregory L. Ray #64-14273 WO1 Richard T. Block [P] [Need Tail#] M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. #60-3543 WOC John P. Palazzolo [SP]. MAJ Miles H. Downes #65-9822 197 AVN (10 AVN GP) 6 AVN DET SGT Charles E. Hansberry CW2 James R. Harbeson [P] A/C was on a low-level, NOE NVG navigation training flight approx 2 miles E of Samson at 2100 hours in Geneva County. 2LT Michael P. Scott #70-16337 CPT Charles W. Worley [P] James E. Robinson [ME]. 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. SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. WOC James C. Garland [SP] 141 SC CO (AR ARNG) CW3 Clarence P. Burkett Jr [P] army aircrews huey7ds grand cross banner schedule7ds grand cross banner schedule CW2 William C. Woodard Jr [P] UH-1H CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P] 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. HU-1A UH-1V PV2 Randall J. Ladwig [Need Tail#] B/122 ENG BN (SC ARNG) 571 MED DET *Miller was the first helicopter fatality in the Indiana ARNG. UH-1H Crew tried to maintain VMC in IMC. CW4 James R. Bollar [P] WOC Theodore R. Nashold [SP] Crew successfully autorotated down the side of a hill after crossing a ridgeline. A/C was on a routine instrument training flight with IP and 2 students and was seen at approx 400' AGL in a steep dive that continued until A/C crashed and exploded 3 miles SE of Marianna airport. A/C crashed on the western edge of Ft Campbell while on a routine training flight. 1LT Jimmie L. Reynolds [P] UH-1 WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P] UH-1H Warren AFB, Wyo., during a joint exercise at the Powder River Training Complex in western South Dakota, Dec. 7, 2017. UH-1H UH-1 M/R blade struck the ground and A/C flipped over and crashed in right nose-low inverted configuration. Best Review Site for Digital Cameras. PVT Gary A. Holz [G] young and young funeral home hartsville, sc theodore wilson obituary army aircrews huey SP4 Richard E. Corder WO1 Desmond P. Downey Jr [CP] #63-8760 WO Donald K. Burch [P] 11 ACR CW2 James B. Hayes [P]. Evidence of inflight fire prior to impact and wreckage was distributed over an area of 1800' long and 200' wide. UH-1H 101 AVN CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP] The M/R came off due to mast bumping, cutting into the A/C causing the explosion and crash. CPT Edward F. Roe II [SP] 377 MED #68-15387 Crew was performing a routine cross-country training flight from Ft Lewis to Stockton, when the A/C landed at South Lake Tahoe Airport. CW2 Edmund F. Paulauskas [P]. A/C crashed at 0906 hours about 2 1/2 miles from the main gate and only 1000' east of Colorado 115 while on a routine training mission. Flying conditions at the time were described as marginal with a heavy cloud cover from 700' to 9,000'. UH-1H A/C suffered an engine power loss and came down at a slight angle, slicing off the tops of several trees and caught fire upon impact with ground. UH-1H CPT Harry D. Kinman UH-1 #69-15016 SFC Ward A. Cornell CW3 Robert C. Machholz [P] PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. The impact scattered debris for about 100 yds, and the tail section and engine were separated from the fuselage. CP & CE injured. As a result, the crew became spatially disoriented and flew the aircraft into the ground. A/C rolled right and entered right, nose-low, spiraling descent. SFC Juan R. Guerra CW2 Lawrence A. Powell [CP] #70-16230 IP was in full control of emergency landing until they hit power lines during the flare which flipped the A/C upside down. 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. USAAVNS D/101 AVN UH-1D CPT Jesse C. Yates [P] CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P] WOC Donald M. McDowell [SP] When the Army adopted its own two-letter designation system, the H-40 became the HU-1 (Helicopter Utility). UH-1B He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. IP injured. 71 AVN At the time of the crash non-rated 2LT Groce was in the pilot's seat flying the A/C. CW2 Michael J. Foley [P] 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. A/C crashed near Weilheim while on a flight from Heidelberg to Ulm. A/C crashed near Runway 6 while attempting landing in foggy conditions at MacArthur-Long Island Airport. SP4 Terence D. Miller LTC Ray Maynard (CAP) 3 ACR UH-1H pop up description layer Submit corrections/updated info here . 1267 MED (MO ARNG) #65-9436. CPT Thomas L. Westbrook [IP] #67-17423 28 AVN (PN ARNG) UH-1D 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. #66-16704 [Need Tail#] 2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP] eddie judge job,