A/2 AVN
A/C crashed on the western edge of Ft Campbell while on a routine training flight. WO1 John O. A/C crashed approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate. A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd. SAR operations failed to locate the missing A/C and were called off on December 4. The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the combat aviation arm of the British Army.
WO1 James D. Boyer [P]
CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P]
3 injured. 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. CPT Wallace A. Kell [P]
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DAC Ronald R. Cowden [IP]
A/C was climbing to cruise altitude shortly after takeoff in flight of two when it encountered T/R stoppage. #66-16032 & UH-1B #66-16055
Task 1070 for all Army aircraft. A/C crashed near Elba after the mast failed resulting in separation of M/R.
UH-1B
Sticker. #68-15366
UH-1H
UH-1B
PFC Dexter B. Baggett
CPT Walter M. Parke Sr [P]
Killed during a rocket attack standing near his Huey while Troop was staging at Kontum Airfield. 55 AVN
#60-3543
Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. CW2 Robert R. Riegle [P]. [Need Tail#]
CPT Jesse C. Yates [P]
A/C crashed about 4 miles north of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises. LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN)
#67-17216
CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P]
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. DAC Chansy Hang [IP]. Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots. CW2 John P. Parnin [IP]
WOC Larry L. Breaden [SP]
The fire, located 10 miles south of the Canadian border just outside New York's Adirondack Park, began on July 12. SPC Jose G. Ruiz [CE]
2 SP injured. SP4 Peter M. Kern
Flying conditions at the time were described as marginal with a heavy cloud cover from 700' to 9,000'.
PVT Gary A. Holz [G]
CPT Richard D. Donaldson [IP]
SP5 Bruce L. Dunn [CE]. LTC Ray Maynard (CAP)
MSG Robert E. Lucey Jr. C/106 AVN (DE ARNG)
SGT James R. Teel [CE]
Killed as a result of fall from rope while descending on wreckage of private plane that crashed on Smart's Mountain. 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. Rose [P]
P & CE injured
CE injured. 26 APR 69. B/122 ENG BN (SC ARNG)
#69-15319
Special VFR approach into weather which was below IFR minimums was attempted. Pilot died from head injury when helmet came off during impact due to improper chin strap adjustment. SP4 Terry L. Knoll [CE]
129 AVN
A/C crashed 4 mi NW of Pembroke while on a routine training mission from Ft Stewart. Combination of high airspeed and steep banks resulted in loss of altitude causing M/R blade to hit top of tree. UH-1V
COL Cheatham was chief of the MAAG for southern Formosa. 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). A/C became uncontrollable, hit the ground and slid about 60', coming to rest on its right side. Brewer [P]
Once testing is completed and UIPE Air 2PUG is approved, it will be fielded to all U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Army aircrews across fixed wing, rotary wing, ejection seat and large frame aircrafts. USAAVNS
CW2 Harold M. Kelly Jr
4 ID
CPT David T. Johnson
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Visibility was poor at time of accident. MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC)
489 ENG BN (AR USAR):
UH-1
#66-16423
SP4 Brian A. Tetta [C]
GYPSUM, Colo. -- In the early morning of July 16, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk rescue crew was alerted to a severely injured hiker who had fallen 500 feet down one of Colorado's tallest peaks. UH-1B
CW4 Dickie C. Hill [P]
UH-1 Iroquois; . The UH1 was the archetypal utility helicopter used in Vietnam. Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. CW2 Stewart Hundere [AC]
CPT William R. Apblett II [P]
CPT William S. Inklebarger [P]
These factors led the German Luftwaffe in 1935 to establish a sea based unit, eventually being named the Seenotdienst (airsea rescue service) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Konrad Glotz at Kiel for the sole purpose of recovering aircrews in the ocean.By 1939 the Luftwaffe had expanded this rescue force by adding Heinkel59 float aircraft specifically modified for this mission. #63-8815
CPT Benjamin S. Park Jr [MD]
*Zilla died May 23 of his injuries. UH-1V
A/C had dropped 4 paratroopers when it crashed in an open field near the Yamoto DZ. CP & CE injured. CPT Francis J. Silvert Jr [IP]
CW2 Edmund F. Paulauskas [P]. CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP]
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Pool [SP]. CW2 Jerome E. Green [P]
Lead turned around to find the burning wreckage. SGT Sidney T. Dew
The gun armed aircraft would, of course, carry rockets as specified by the unit's mission.
1267 MED (MO ARNG)
CW2 Robert E. Goebel [CP]
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HU-1A
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.
CW3 Carl J. CW2 Gordon G. Shirley [IP]
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. [Need Tail#]
A/C exploded and crashed near Wicksburg while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. NOTE: Most information for Vietnam crew losses have come from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association 11 AAD
A/C crashed at 2225 hours during heavy rains, low ceilings and limited visibility approx 9 miles north of Taegu while attempting rescue of downed Marine UH-1N helicopter assigned to DET B HML-367. SFC Peter A. Graves
A/C crashed while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping. CW2 John A. Clark [P]
CW2 Joseph R. Berning [CP]
WOC Donald W. Strickland [SP], 2LT Kenneth W. Birdwell [P]
SPC Frederick E. Lawrence. UH-1
A fisherman rescued the 3 injured about 300 yds offshore. SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
1LT Gregory P. Powers [IP]
CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P].
Crash took place during Gallant Eagle exercises and acft was based in Ft Sill. 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. Separation of white drive link caused an uncontrollable descending right turn and crash into trees. PFC Ronald J. Shelton
#64-13900
B/227 AHB
UH-1H
CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back. WOC Billy L. West [SP]
Although not the focus of EMU INC., they deserve at least a brief mention: . A/C crashed while performing hydraulics-off emergency procedure at Skelly Stagefield.
INV Michael D. Davis-Riverside Co
A/C crashed between Elba and New Brockton on a training flight from Ft Rucker. UH-1D
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SP4 Jeff R. Patterson
Approx 2 min after takeoff, 4nm NW of airfield, A/C struck an 80' tree, 59' above the ground and traveled another 345' as it descended through a heavily wooded area, striking several more trees before ground impact. 2LT Jason J. Baker (USAF)
193 AVN
PFC Gerald F. Court [CE]. 1 injured. 2 PAX injured (USMC). 1LT Jerry R. Brown [CP]
The initial Army designation was HU-1, which led to the common unofficial nickname of "Huey." UH-1H
21 AVN
Crew tried to maintain VMC in IMC. which involved two slicks flying side-by-side. Its mission is to develop, acquire, field, and sustain equipment that improves the combat.
10 injured. [Need Tail#]
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. CPT Gary E. Elliott. SGT John W. Scott [SP]. UH-1
nose-down level attitude resulting in a 57 G's crash force. At 2017 hours the A/C impacted the ground in a 30-deg. [Need Tail#]
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283 AVN
Mid-air collision of two HU-1s about 1-1/2 mi E of Elba while on a tactical training flight from Ft Rucker. 3 injured. LTC David H. Pickett [P]
#67-17423
P & 5 PAX injured. #64-13696
#65-9808
UH-1H
A/C lost control on approach and crashed and burned at Rodriguez Range during a night-time extraction of troops. Caused by short shaft failure. 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. A/2/147 AVN (MN ARNG)
A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. Training Area. Little
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. A/C shed the xmsn cowling, then removed the M/R control tubes. While flying through the canyon, A/C completed a steep right turn and then rolled into a steep left turn. CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P]
CE injured. CIV Everett T. Shockley.
CW2 Kevin R. Killman [P]
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WOC Harold C. Wilson Jr [SP]. #69-15324
A/C crashed in Lake Tahoe at approx 1618 hrs during a flight with an unauthorized civilian PAX onboard.
#66-0787
A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three that departed AAF at 2337 hrs searching for an LZ at night. Gear coupling froze as result of extreme heat. The drop was canceled due to 300' overcast and visibility at 1-1 1/2 mi in fog. army aircrews huey. CPT Harvey R. Jokinen
PFC Homer Dawson
SFC Doyle D. Cannon [MO].
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CW2 John J. McCarthy [P]
The DOD. CP injured. UH-1D
PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. CW4 David W. Sooter [P]
Fairchild tankers among KC-135s inspected for faulty tail parts, base officials confirm SP5 David O. Moore. USAAVNS
6 injured. Pilot and medic in Chalk 2 acft were killed. USAAVNS
#66-0572
#69-15329
#69-15187
SP4 Douglas Lee Adams [CE]
#66-15230
A/C crashed during training flight from Hunter AAF approx 5 miles NE of Rincon. #69-15925
B/82 CAB
PFC Daniel F. Macon [C]. Xsmn displaced in flight, allowing M/R blade to sever tailboom. 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 . SP4 Donald E. Shinnock. WOC Ronald L. Nussbaum [SP]
SP5 Ronald K. McDowell [MD]. SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin
A/C crashed in dense fog near Grafenwoehr enroute to assist in the evac of an accident victim. UH-1H
A/C and crew were based at Peden Barracks in Wertheim. CPT Andrew W. Burgland [P]
1LT Daniel Winchester Jr. 4 CMD AVN BN
SGM John W. Knighton. CPT David N. Reue
A/C crashed near Elba while on a training flight practicing slope landings when A/C overturned and rolled down a hill. A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0500 hours from Hohenfels AAF near Nuremberg, during a routine flight over the Hohenfels
#68-15288
#62-12520
topped the ridgeline overlooking the Conecuh River valley and saw the valley was covered in a dense fog layer. SP5 Gerald Rybacki [MO]. LTC Edward F. Kelly
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. 1LT Daniel E. Graybeal [P]
LTC James M. Basile (USAF)
[Need A/C Unit] (Ft Carson based)
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. #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. CW2 Phillip A. Jones [PP]
1LT Richard J. Griggs [P]
IP injured. M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. 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. 1 other killed (USMC)
1LT Donald E. Spencer [P]
SP4 Richard E. Corder
Member of Army team of helicopter acrobats was killed when he fell 40' while performing at a carnival in Madison.
326 MED BN
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. COL Christopher B. Sinclair Jr
UH-1
HU-1A
Brown [CE]
USAAVNS
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#71-20218
#69-15913
DAC Morgan C. Probasco. 377 MED
16 OCT 72. 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. A/C was on a transport flight and while RTB, crew smelled smoke. A/C rocked forward on nose, bounced and hit an embankment causing fuel cells to rupture. SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE]
#65-9913
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. #66-16348
SP4 Daniel V. McGrew
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-1
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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. [Need Tail#]
SPC Henry Salcido
CW2 Riley D. Wicker [P]
UH-1H
1LT James D. Dugger Jr [P] SP5 James L. Craig Jr. Pleiku . 3/17 CAV
UH-1
Wreckage was not found until 2300 hrs and investigation determined that A/C crashed in a left climbing turn of 32 deg into a 35 deg mountainside at an elevation of 1150'. MAJ Milton R. Roberts [P]
During a night-aided flight at 75' AGL and 60 KIAS, pilot made an evasive right turn to avoid another acft and while still in a slight descent, hit 10' berm. SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. CW2 Hugh B. Pearce [P]
SP5 Charles Rusk
WO1 George F. Camara [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. CW2 Donald D. Bryant [PI]
UH-1B
WO1 Randy R. Locklear [P]
P injured. CIV Jules W. Des Jardins
[Need A/C Unit] (CA ARNG)
WOC Conrad L. Walton [SP]
UH-1
#68-16487
UH-1H
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. A/C was on a medevac mission under NVG's when AAA fire hit the T/R causing acft to enter an uncontrollable spin. [Need Tail#]
UH-1B
SGT Charles E. Lewis
#64-14144
#64-14273
#71-20223 & #66-0818
WO1 Conny C. Cook [P]
PIC broke formation and descended to an altitude of 50'-75' AGL for about 2 miles. 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. CPT William A. Lashley [P]
UH-1H
A/C departed field site to check weather. Investigation revealed that IP allowed student pilot to put the A/C in an attitude from which it was impossible to recover. Investigation determined that the torque on the clamping bolts of the swashplate outer ring trunnion bore was less than prescribed resulting in the trunnion bore wearing through the retaining bolts and coming out in flight. UH-1D
SP4 John Knight [CE]
A/C crashed during Operation Brimfrost at Ft Wainwright. CW3 Robert C. Machholz [P]
UH-1H
CW2 Larry N. Sain [P]
Other Army Helicopter Aviation Units in Vietnam. 11 AAD
UH-1H
A/C crashed near Ras Nasrani during a prephase maintenance test flight in Sinai.
Of those servicepeople, 2,382 were killed while serving aboard UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the ubiquitous "Huey." No - mayday was heard; crash attributed to unknown inflight breakup.
Mid-air with OH-58A over Ft Hood near Anderson Mountain during Operation Gallant Hand '73. Search was officially suspended on 10MAR81. SP4 Donald G. Van Dyke
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#62-2109
[Need A/C Unit] (NH ARNG)
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P, CP & CE injured
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#68-15387
CPT Michael A. McCrory [CP]
UH-1D
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. SP4 Bengt E. Johansson
PFC Elijah Lister Jr
101 AVN
SCARNG
Crew was performing a routine cross-country training flight from Ft Lewis to Stockton, when the A/C landed at South Lake Tahoe Airport. USAAVNS
#70-16337
UH-1
11 AAD
Mid-air crash with an OH-6A #67-16656 during routine training at Lawson AAF. UH-1H
SGT Dallas R. Cooper.
507 MED
SPC Rodney L. Blodgett
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CPT Dennis H. Uyenoyama [P]
5 injured. UH-1
A/C crashed 9 miles east of Eufaula while participating in a training exercise with the Ranger Department of Ft Benning Infantry School due to engine failure on low level gunnery training run. This website is not a product of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or any other government agency. SGT David M. Coleman [CE]
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. #70-16233
WO1 David E. Crissman [CP]
CW2 Randall J. Colton [P]
04 APR 71. 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. CW2 Jules S. Guidry [PP]
1LT William A. Dekle Jr [SP]
PFC Donald R. Hughes. 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. UH-1
CW3 Edward A. Jones [P]
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In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as .
B/227 AHB
[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. PFC Warren D. Switzer
After being installed on more than 100 U.S. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common . army aircrews hueybemidji state hockey jersey.
LT Nevzat Elvermez [SP]. [18] 24 May At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. P & CE injured.
#70-16252
A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight.
A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. UH-1
UH-1H
WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]
SGT William R. Hogan [CE]
10 injured. GSGT Dale A. Erlert (USMC)
PFC William Esposito Jr [CE] CPL Orin L. Allred [G] SSG Gilivaldo A. Martinez Jr [MD] 2 WIA. In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn. In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the . UH-1H
UH-1
Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. USAAVNS
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6 AVN DET
A/C crashed 18 miles N of Dothan near the Choctawatchee River while on a routine training mission. UH-1B