UH-1H
2LT Richard A. Veon [SP], WOC Louis A. Brooks Jr [SP]
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UH-1H
After attempting to pick up a jeep (50# TQE limit), A/C took off from the PZ at night unaided. 03 OCT 70: SP5 Kenneth J. Koch [CE] Quang Tin . #67-17408
SP4 Terence D. Miller
UH-1B
WOC Fredrick R. Williams [SP]. CW2 Ronald R. Kennedy [P]
Aircrew Badge - Wikipedia A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training.
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. CPT David T. Johnson
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. CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P]
WOC Brent D. Gularte [SP]
SPC Frederick E. Lawrence. ARMY AIR CREWS: Army Aviation Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths [Need Tail#]
A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. SP4 Peter M. Kern
CW3 Geoffrey L. Nett [P]
#67-17216
MAJ David H. Johnson [SP]
Little
A/C was making power recovery from simulated forced landing, experienced severe vertical vibration, crashed and burned near Elba on flight from Ft Rucker. SP4 Ricardo J. Tornero [CE]
After an RON in San Antonio, the flight was on their first leg when lead asked for a commo check & no reply was received from chalk #4. CW2 Donald D. Bryant [PI]
Edward L. Burkhaulter [IP]
SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE]
Lead aircraft spotted the OH-58, but failed to report its position to remaining flight taking off and getting in position. UH-1
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 . 10 injured. CW2 Phillip A. Jones [PP]
2LT Curt Heady [P]
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It broke up on impact and sank, leaving a fuel fire on the surface. 76 AVN (VA ARNG)
1LT Jerry R. Brown [CP]
3 injured. USAAVNS
UH-1
The A/C entered the tall trees and impacted.
4 injured. The fire, located 10, ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion . CW2 Roger D. Given [P]
CW2 Stephen B. Maas [P]
#69-15449
WOC Stephen L. McGrew [SP]
WO James L. Mersman [P]
UH-1H
A/C departed the site at approx 1415 hrs and proceeded downstream to recon the river. Pilot was performing a second ILS approach when A/C traveled 3/10 nm past the runway approach end, turned approx 180 deg. [Need Tail#]
#68-15644
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UH-1H
#68-16200
CPT Francis J. Silvert Jr [IP]
During descent, a high freq vibration was felt followed by a severe vertical vibration. PVT Wayne G. Stevens
UH-1H
UH-1H
LTJG Philip R. O'Connell (USN)
HHC/194 BDE
UH-1
SP5 John M. Rudock [CE]
195 AHC
USAAVNS
CIV Everett T. Shockley. PVT John W. Harris
UH-1H
#68-16221
1/325 ABN
SP5 Edward E. Poindexter
WOC injured. Mid-air collision with a USAF F-84 S of Snowdoun near the Sprague community at approx 1,500-1,700' AGL at approx 1501 hrs.
WOC Michael A. Rogers [SP]. #64-13900
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. CW2 Paul S. Timmer Jr [P]
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6 injured. 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.
A/C had just refueled and was taking off from a tactical site at Clear Creek when it lost a T/R blade which struck and fractured a M/R blade. 1LT Gregory J. Paredes [CP]
CPT David L. Hill [IP]
HU-1A
#63-8806
WOC Albert H. Parker [SP].
UH-1H
2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP]
*PVT Chatwin died 7 days later of injuries. Vietnam Gear investigates the development of the U.S. Army's aircrew body armor from the 1962 heavyweight pilots shield through to the 1971 lightweight Nomex mesh back vest. USAAVNS
CIV Max Keister. UH-1
UH-1H
PFC Carl L. Brown
A/2/147 AVN (MN ARNG)
As a result, the crew became spatially disoriented and flew the aircraft into the ground. UH-1B
In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as . Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. [Need A/C Unit]
SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. 15 injured.
A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0500 hours from Hohenfels AAF near Nuremberg, during a routine flight over the Hohenfels
WO1 James D. Boyer [P]
CW2 William C. Woodard Jr [P]
WO1 Conny C. Cook [P]
After takeoff, A/C entered right descending turn into canyon and crashed into canyon wall approx 150' below rim. [Need Tail#]
SGT Brian R. Meuchel [CE]. 36 MED DET (MAST)
CW2 Stanley R. Menze [IP]
2 injured. CPT Sashai Dawn [PC]
SP4 John V. Jones [CE]. 26 APR 69. One common thread I have noted in offline discussions with other servicemembers, regardless of branch of service, whether inside oroutside Army Aviation is that my fellow crewmembers . MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC)
#70-16256
2LT Jason J. Baker (USAF)
AB-212 Twin Huey Italian Army, Italian Air Force, Italian Navy variant. A/C crashed at approx 1320 hrs just after placing a cross atop St Mary's Roman Catholic church under construction in Goeppingen. A fisherman rescued the 3 injured about 300 yds offshore. WOC George T. Faircloth
SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
UH-1B
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. [18] 24 May UH-1H
A/C exploded and crashed near Wicksburg while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. A/C departed home station IFR at 1057 hrs and at 1134 hrs crew contacted radar control and reported severe turbulence at 6000' MSL. CW2 Eular M. Young [P]
Army Air Corps | The British Army UH-1H
A/C crashed at approx 2330 hrs near Bonifay while on a routine night training flight a few days before graduation at Ft Rucker.
SP6 Joseph H. Johnson
A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight. CPT John L. Bearden [P]
16 OCT 72. 1SG Solon B. 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.
Crew tried to maintain VMC in IMC. USAAVNS
SP5 Bruce L. Dunn [CE]. #69-15311
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Other Helicopter Units | Huey Vets A/C slung a short shaft, hit a wire during autorotation and crashed. Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. A/C crashed approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate. Investigation determined that A/C encountered an engine failure and M/R blade struck through the cabin. SGT Richard G. Romero-Imperial Co
#69-15925
CPT Benjamin S. Park Jr [MD]
CW2 George J. Reynolds [P]
UH-1H
#65-9808
SP5 Harvey J. Salas [MO]. Pinoy Aviators - #PinoyAviatorsNEWS PAF UH-1H HUEY | Facebook #66-0952
CW2 Ronald D. Schroeder [P]
#69-15320
A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous. COL Christopher B. Sinclair Jr
CPT Stanley B. Albrecht [IP]
WOC Robert W. McComb [SP]
Heated flight suits would help protect aircrews from . SP5 Everett W. Wancura
PFC Mark R. Welch [CE]
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A/C was in flight of 7 acft on RTB from a 5-day field exercise to Goeppingen, proceeding in loose trail formation. I've been a crewmember on Chinooks since 2003 with the 101st, 2 ID and 10th MTN. MAAG
SSG Benjamin R. Greenplate [CE]
WOC Dennis G. Hector [SP]. [Need Tail#]
2LT William M. Warhime
120 AVN
Military. Crash occurred at approx 2355 hrs near Shaw Mountain on the NW portion of Ft Hood.
CIV Phillip E. Walker [IP]
UH-1H
[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. WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]
*Meints was in my unit in 88-89. 2LT William A. Warren. PV2 Randall J. Ladwig
USAAVNS
D/5/117 CAV (NJ ARNG)
SPC Samuel K. May
PFC Elijah Lister Jr
P & CE injured. #65-9975
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. Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA) Battalions used all rocket (Hog) configurations with gun armed and grenade ships only in the Headquarters Battery. MAJ Richard C. Bulliner [P]
1/212 AVN
CW2 Larry N. Sain [P]
USAAVNS
UH-1
USAAVNS
At 2017 hours the A/C impacted the ground in a 30-deg. The bearing failed due to lack of lubrication. NOTE: Most information for Vietnam crew losses have come from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association CW3 John D. Raybon [PC]
Mid-air between two UH-1B during formation flight on Ft Benning in light rain conditions. CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P]
CW2 Willie M. Baker
JTACs and Aircrews participate in joint exercise over PRTC.
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WO1 Joe K. Hornberger [P]
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CE & 1 PAX injured. WOC William L. Nutt [SP]
USAAVNS
From this designation came Huey, the name by which it has remained known.
197 AVN
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. 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.
CW2 John P. Parnin [IP]
Huey Frog, Hog and Heavy Hog? - ARC Discussion Forums UH-1H
[Need A/C Unit]
WOC Ronald L. Nussbaum [SP]
CIV Jules W. Des Jardins
DEP Roy A. Chester-LA Co
CW4 Daniel S. Scott [P]
WOC Harold C. Wilson Jr [SP].
UH-1H
UH-1H
4-228 AVN BN
DAC John Bryan [IP]
CPT Laurence R. Sexton [MP]
A medevac helicopter carrying soldiers wounded in a clash with North Korean troops crashed
UH-1H
Caused by short shaft failure. Training Area. Flight crew should not be scheduled for continuous alert and/or flight duty (required awake) in excess of 18 hours. #66-0787
SP4 Richard E. Corder
CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P]
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-1
CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP]
D/101 AVN
2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P]
UH-1B
UH-1H
UH-1B
UH-1H
DEP Mark S. Tonkin-Orange Co. 140 AVN (CA ARNG)
UH-1B
1. UH-1D
A/C was in a 10-ship formation on the Kimpo Peninsula supporting a search for a suspected NK agent, when the #1 hanger bearing seized and the short T/R drive shaft came apart in flight. USAAVNS
UH-1H
UH-1H
SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin
#68-15640
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.