A/1/212 AVN
CW4 James R. Bollar [P]
The M/R came off due to mast bumping, cutting into the A/C causing the explosion and crash. 1LT Jimmie L. Reynolds [P]
A/C crashed into Eklutna Glacier north of Anchorage during a routine training mission. No further details. UH-1 Vietnam Losses }-> 1972-73 ~ 1971 ~ 1970 ~ 1969 ~
UH-1
1LT Jerry R. Brown [CP]
CW2 Mark H. Nelson [P]
CW2 Stanley R. Menze [IP]
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. SP4 Jeff R. Patterson
841 MED (WA ARNG)
LTC David H. Pickett [P]
Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. SSG Benjamin R. Greenplate [CE]
Exact cause of stress corrosion could not be determined. [Need A/C Unit]
UH-1B
PFC Alan G. Mandes
GSGT Dale A. Erlert (USMC)
1. CPT Gary E. Elliott. 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. UH-1H
A/C shed the xmsn cowling, then removed the M/R control tubes. WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP]
Visibility was poor at time of accident.
Army Air Corps | The British Army SSG Michael R. Robson [MO]
UH-1
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. [Need Tail#]
1SG Solon B.
Army Aviators test new system to modernize Black Hawk helicopters Toys & Hobbies; Toy Models & Kits; 1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft Vietnam War. [Need Tail#]
C/101 ABN
CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P]. UH-1
Three PAX were ejected with two receiving major injuries and one slight injury. #593
CW2 Willie M. Baker
USAAVNS
COL Cheatham was chief of the MAAG for southern Formosa. 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. A/C hit a tall pine tree, flew approx 100 yds parallel to highway before crashing into a grove of trees in heavy fog, burst into flames 200 yds off US Hwy 27 in Harmony Church area. Crew was performing a routine cross-country training flight from Ft Lewis to Stockton, when the A/C landed at South Lake Tahoe Airport.
Blackhawk helicopters replacing venerable Hueys at U.S. Army Yuma UH-1H
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PFC Gary D. Bennight [C]
SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE]. SGT Michael J. Chandler [CE]. USAAVNS
11 NOV 65. At 50-100' AGL, pitch was pulled but had no effect and A/C struck ground in near-level attitude and approx 15g. A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three that departed AAF at 2337 hrs searching for an LZ at night. united methodist church global methodist. SGT John J. Probable cause was spatial disorientation. UH-1H
CPT William A. Lashley [P]
USAAVNS
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HU-1A
1LT William A. Dekle Jr [SP]
Wreckage found 2 days later. A portion of the M/R blade went into the left side of the cabin and struck victim in the head. Pool [SP]. WO1 James S. Cameron Jr [CP]
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#62-1947
#67-17567
Probably cause was inverted or near-inverted attitude during bad weather causing severe rotor flapping and subsequent mast separation. #68-16487
Brown [CE]
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Their blades meshed producing the mid-air. #65-9822
WO1 Daniel B. Foy [P]
NG N. Orleans [SP]. 1LT George G. Bendik* (USAF)
Hover to zoom. 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. LTC Ray Maynard (CAP)
CP died of injuries on 07NOV69. A/C was performing NOE at 60 KIAS and 35-50' AGL. [Need Tail#]
CW2 Paul J. Wilson [P]
SPC Samuel K. May
2LT William A. Warren. DAC John Bryan [IP]
Army Aircrew Combat Uniform - Wikipedia 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. USAAVNS
2LT Richard A. Veon [SP], WOC Louis A. Brooks Jr [SP]
A/C crashed into a mountain while searching for the OH-58 Involved that crashed into the same mountain. SGT Sheldon W. Gran
*Meints was in my unit in 88-89. UH-1H
336 AVN (USAR)
No - mayday was heard; crash attributed to unknown inflight breakup. #73-21825
55 AVN
A/C exploded in flight and crashed about 6 mi E of Elba off Alabama 189. 101 AVN
WOC Dennis G. Hector [SP]. UH-1H
At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. UH-1H
UH-1D
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Other Helicopter Units | Huey Vets WOC Lee A. SSG Donald K. Chavis [C]. Pilot Knoll and CE Knoll were brothers. WOC Robert W. McComb [SP]
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Accident caused by material failure of collective pitch sleeve lock. [Need Tail#]
Approx 5 min after takeoff Chalk 2, flying at 100' AGL, lost sight of lead and inadvertently entered a descending left turn after becoming spatially disoriented and crashed in the Anderson Butte area of the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon. CW2 John J. McCarthy [P]
#65-9967
CW3 Clarence P. Burkett Jr [P]
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. #68-15387
PFC Donald R. Krause
421 MED
1 other killed (USMC)
#68-15438
Mid-air with OH-58A over Ft Hood near Anderson Mountain during Operation Gallant Hand '73. UH-1H
CW3 Robert E. Fisher [P]
163 ACR (MT ARNG)
82 AVN
UH-1
PdM Air Warrior Holds Change of Charter Ceremony 11 AAD
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The impact scattered debris for about 100 yds, and the tail section and engine were separated from the fuselage. UH-1H
COL Robert T. Basha
A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG)
Dawson and Pickett were executed by FMLN. A/2 AVN
The DOD. #65-10055
377 MED
UH-1H
A/C crashed 18 miles N of Dothan near the Choctawatchee River while on a routine training mission. #64-14273
A/7 AVN
The drop was canceled due to 300' overcast and visibility at 1-1 1/2 mi in fog. UH-1
UH-1H
USAAVNS
USAAVNS
193 AVN
USAAVNS
A/C lost control on approach and crashed and burned at Rodriguez Range during a night-time extraction of troops. The . #64-13696
SFC David L. Alvarez [C]. A/C crashed at approx 1645 hrs 8 miles SW of Candor while on a routine training mission from Ft Bragg to Charlotte.
UH-1H
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 while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping.
MAJ Hubert C. Carter [P]
10 injured. UH-1M
Wreckage discovered at 0850 hrs the following morning. [Need Tail#]
#68-15366
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. #73-21836
CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P]
A/C crashed at approx 1815 hrs in woods 3 mi north of Ozark during a training flight. young and young funeral home hartsville, sc theodore wilson obituary army aircrews huey CPT Sashai Dawn [PC]
The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. #69-15311
PFC Dexter B. Baggett
The UH-1 evolved from a 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter. WO1 Richard J. Kasha [PC]
P injured. CPT Daniel H. Plemmons [P]
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P & 4 PAX injured. WOC Charles E. Cady [SP]
Do military pilots have flight & rest hours regulation? New York Army National Guard aircrews train by fighting Catskill forest Green [CP]
15 injured. UH-1B
UH-1H
USAAVNS
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A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. 353 ENG BN (OK USAR)
Heated flight suits would help protect aircrews from .
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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. 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. Flight crew should not be scheduled for continuous alert and/or flight duty (required awake) in excess of 18 hours. SGT Steve R. Grisham [CE]. #62-12520
A/C was part of a 4-ship lift combat engaged/peacekeeping mission over jungles on the Atlantic coast of Panama. He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. #63-8815
*Zilla died May 23 of his injuries.
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6 Facts About the Huey Helicopter | History Hit #66-0952
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The soldiers had been conducting
A/C crashed at approx 1832 hrs in a windstorm less than 1 mile W of the airfield. 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 . 1LT Louis J. Stauber
Crew successfully autorotated down the side of a hill after crossing a ridgeline. [Need A/C Unit]
UH-1H
A/C crashed and burned at 0500 hrs in a hilly region near the coast of Northern California about 60 mi S of Ft Ord while on a routine flight of four. 2LT Jason J. Baker (USAF)
The M/R blade of the Huey entered the OH-6As cabin severing the lower section of the cabin and rupturing the fuel cell. A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous. UH-1H
[OH-58A Involved], PFC Michael E. Whittle [C]
A some point during the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army specialist named David drew up a plan to give UH-1 Huey helicopters more firepower. CW4 James A. Nichols [P]
WWII USAAF Aircrews - National Museum of the United States Air Force From the OPNAVINST 3710.7T Chapter 8: 8.3.2.1.2 Flight Crew.
IP & SP injured. P & 5 PAX injured. A/C went into a descending right turn and struck two guy wires of a power line at 2130 hours and exploded into a hillside at the foothills of the Laguna Mountains. UH-1H
UH-1H
3 injured. #65-10006
SP4 Howard K. Kearney Jr. USAAVNS
A/C was placed in a bank angle that exceeded both pilot and acft capabilities for the acft weight configuration further aggravated when the pilot applied collective and aft cyclic in an attempt to recover which placed additional loads on an already overloaded rotor system. WO1 Michael R. Dawson [CP]
Mid-air between two UH-1B during formation flight on Ft Benning. CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P]
CW2 David W. Sawin [P]
A/C crashed near Runway 6 while attempting landing in foggy conditions at MacArthur-Long Island Airport. CE injured. CP injured. [Need Tail#]
#71-20284
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. weather radar naples, fl 34112; scott black natasha ryan today; captain walker inn provincetown; army aircrews huey. CIV Phillip E. Walker [IP]
P was killed when his bullet proof seat back severed an artery in his neck. #68-15739
A/C from Ft Campbell crashed 14 mi S of Cadiz and approx 2 mi SW of Veghel LZ at 1330 hrs on a training flight during FTX Orbiting Eagle IV after losing the T/R at night at low level, and went inverted into the trees. WOC Stephen L. McGrew [SP]
CW2 Randall J. Colton [P]
IP injured. C injured. UH-1D
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ARMY AIR CREWS: 1963-65 Vietnam Huey Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths LTC James M. Basile (USAF)
C/101 AVN
CPT Terrance K. Woolever [P]
120 AVN
How many Bell helicopters were lost in Vietnam? - 2023 USAAVNS
Member of Army team of helicopter acrobats was killed when he fell 40' while performing at a carnival in Madison. #66-16032 & UH-1B #66-16055
WOC Donald M. McDowell [SP]
CW2 Lawrence E. Apt [P]
IP told student he was assuming controls, but student would not release controls. CW2 David A. [Need Tail#]
CW2 Eular M. Young [P]
3 injured. The safety board believes the SP may have flown the A/C into the ground while the IP was changing the VHF radio freq to check on wx moving in. SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. UH-1H
CWO Frederick Tate [P]
SPC Frederick E. Lawrence. 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. AIR TRP/116 ACR (ID ARNG)
CPT Jesse C. Yates [P]
Thua Thien Province. UH-1M
UH-1H
B/82 CAB
CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back.
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PFC Terrance T. Klein
WOC James W. Connor [SP].
CW2 Edmund F. Paulauskas [P]. Jet pilot was also killed. 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.
ARMY AIR CREWS: 1966 Vietnam Huey Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths
SP4 Michael B. Other aircraft were able to avoid wires. UH-1H
WO1 Desmond P. Downey Jr [CP]
A/C departed field site to check weather. 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. #66-16668
#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.
WOC Michael A. Rogers [SP]. After being installed on more than 100 U.S. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common .
JTACs, aircrews participate in joint exercise over PRTC out of the dive, the PIC repeated the maneuver but could not stop the excessive rate of descent during 2nd dive. USAAVNS
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CW2 Howard W. Blanton Jr [P]
SP4 Robert E. Lee Murphy [CE]
UH-1
USAAVNS
2LT Curt Heady [P]
WOC Guy K. Nelson [SP]. A medevac helicopter carrying soldiers wounded in a clash with North Korean troops crashed
Wx was 200' scattered, measured 500' and overcast. WO1 Eric D. Funderburg [P]
Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. 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. 2LT Michael P. Scott
CW2 Stephen B. Maas [P]
A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd. USAAVNS
T/B hit the tops of some trees, knocking off the T/R and 90 deg gearbox, collective was increased and A/C began spin to the right. 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.
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CPT James L. Crow Jr [CP]
CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P]
CW3 Norman B. Lowe [PP]
SGT Johnny M. Rogers [CE]
WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]
SCARNG
A/C crashed about 4 miles north of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises. SSG James R. Dorsey Jr [CE] Thua Thien Province. A/C crashed in a hilly wooded at approx 0210 hrs area near the E70 autobahn between Wildflecken and Bad Bruckenau during a medevac mission. P & CE injured.
1LT Gregory P. Powers [IP]
All four crew members aboard perished. Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. 11 AAD
ID ARNG
WOC was killed by flying debris while waiting to board A/C that crashed at a site on Ft Benning. #67-17408
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#66-0787
CP was killed when stabilizer bar hit him in the back and pinned him against the instrument panel. SP5 Charles Rusk
CIV Everett T. Shockley. 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. SFC Ramon N. Espinoza [CE]
AB-212 Twin Huey Italian Army, Italian Air Force, Italian Navy variant. SP4 Terence D. Miller
CW2 Michael J. Foley [P]
WOC Harold C. Wilson Jr [SP]. SP5 Henry L. Andrews* [CE]
The new Directional Infrared Countermeasures system has recently become operational with the U.S. Army. [Need Tail#]
LTJG Julian W. Johnson* (USN)
3/17 CAV
SP4 George W. Marchessault [CE]
1LT Glenn W. Whitcher* [P]
A/C crashed in a grassy field near Wicksburg, about 10 mi from Dothan, while on a NVG training mission from Ft Rucker. 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. SPC Jose G. Ruiz [CE]
Rotor blade was found approx 1 mi from crash site. Loss of rotor RPM, pilot initiated a full flare, close to the ground and impact occurred at 20 degree attitude, nose up with a 30 degree right roll at 60 KIAS. [Need Tail#]
CPT Dennis H. Uyenoyama [P]
49 AD PAX:
SP5 Jessie L. Baguex
UH-1
In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn. A/C crashed near Weilheim while on a flight from Heidelberg to Ulm. PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. Heavy fog was reported in the area at the time of the crash. Fairchild tankers among KC-135s inspected for faulty tail parts, base officials confirm WO1 Lawrence D. Topel [P]
which involved two slicks flying side-by-side. UH-1
USAAVNTBD
PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst
#66-0572
1 injured. . 3 injured. 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. A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. SP5 Edward E. Poindexter
Pilot died from head injury when helmet came off during impact due to improper chin strap adjustment. CPT John L. Bearden [P]
1 CAV
CW2 Steven D. Hodge [IP]
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After pulling
CPT Harvey R. Jokinen
CW2 Gordon G. Shirley [IP]
PFC Charles R. Kaiser
A/C was chalk #4 in a 4-aircraft ferry flight from CCAD to CA. [18] 24 May UH-1M
SP5 John M. Rudock [CE]
CW4 Dickie C. Hill [P]
UH-1B
WOC Steven D. Wells [SP]. CW2 Jeffrey A. Moore [P]
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SSG Linda S. Simonds [MD]
CH-146 helicopter from Take on Helicopter in military, medical, civilian, police variant. UH-1D
LTJG Philip R. O'Connell (USN)
WOC Mark Hitzig [SP]. 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. D/1/1 AD
SSG Gregg A. Penn [MO]
SGT Brian R. Meuchel [CE]. CE injured
CW2 Jerome E. Green [P]
Little
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.
PVT Charles C. Johnson
UH-1
Keister was a news photographer for the Chattanooga Times and other PAX was the PIO at USAF Academy. A/C crashed and burned in an open area near Lake Tholocco while attempting an emergency landing during IP course training at Ft Rucker. [Need Tail#]
UH-1D Huey US Army, Takistan Army variant. 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. 101 AVN
1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft #66-16293
CW4 Daniel Scott was killed instantly as his side of the A/C struck the boulder. UH-1B
UH-1D
DAC Ronald R. Cowden [IP]
A/C crashed at approx 1320 hrs just after placing a cross atop St Mary's Roman Catholic church under construction in Goeppingen.
1SG Wood died 2 days later. Butler. CW3 Robert C. Machholz [P]
CPT Benjamin S. Park Jr [MD]
UH-1H
141 SC CO (AR ARNG)
PFC Bonnie C. Handley. Mid-air collision of two HU-1s about 1-1/2 mi E of Elba while on a tactical training flight from Ft Rucker.
CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P]
Bell UH-1 Iroquois - Wikipedia A/C tookoff from Ft Knox on a flight to "burn off" some time so it could be carried in for a scheduled inspection.