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“I think it would be a healing thing for the whole nation.”One of the aviators was Capt. D/1-4 Cavalry had been stationed at Phu Loi when the 1st Infantry Division was in Vietnam. Finally cleared to come in, he had to make a hard right turn away from the carrier to avoid being hit by a plane arriving from behind.He remembers the pilot telling the crew, “Somebody is going to die up here tonight.”Bruce Collison was a medic that night on board the Hancock. Now living in Sarasota, Fla., he recalls being on the flight deck, transfixed by the red, blinking anti-collision light of a helicopter overhead: YT-14.“It continued circling the length of the ship, running out of fuel, looking for a place to land, losing altitude with every pass,” he said. On January 3, 1969 Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) was commissioned at NAS North Island, California and after an intense period of training was transferred to Vietnam. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Bn with Paul Danner who posted above. In early April, combat flight operations began from detachments at Binh Thuy and Vung Tau. 29. pp.80-81Migs over North Vietnam: The Vietnam People's Air Force in Combat, 1965-75, Stackpole Military History

VS-41 at NAS North Island retained four of the borrowed Broncos to be used for training replacement pilots and maintenance personnel. I was the Maintenance Officer for the 358th Avn. Respectfully, Carl Bell Have some additions for you, all the following served with the 101st Airborne –Don’t have patches readily available, most could be Googled.Thanks Larry! We had 5 UH-1H Models, one stationed in each Corp., also three Beavers and one U-21 all based out of Vung Tau. Helo pilots were all a couple bubbles off level and appeared to be fearless. Hi Or Thumbs To You All On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 1:22 PM, Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel wrote: > pdoggbiker posted: “One out of every ten Americans who served in Vietnam > became a casualty. I have pictures of it (at least the parts)back at a supply dump( probable at Camp Eagle?)

The U.S records showing 5,607 helicopter lossesIn total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft, helicopters and The Republic of Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973.The United States, along with their allieds (The Republic of Vietnam, South Korean, Australian, Thailand, New Zealand), lost about 12,500 aircraft, helicopters and UAVs. Although the percent of dead is similar to > other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300% ” >Casualty rates are suspect here. So they took it into the water instead.”Others have surmised that the pilots got disoriented; it was a pitch-black night, no visible moon, impossible to see the horizon. I know they put sandbags on the floor and over those small nose windows for additional protection.

Yes, weight, yes, costs etc. Hope this helps, appreciate your site, by the way I burned shit for 31/2 weeks when I stopped flying missions. Bell Helicopter built 10,005 Hueys from 1957 to 1975. UH-1Ds were upgraded to UH-1Hs. Where did the call signs in your listing come from? Also 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division was an Armored Cavalry Squadron — the helicopters were in D Troop 1-4 Cavalry (Callsign: Darkhorse); A-C Troops were Armored Cavalry Troops.

There were no bodies, so they put mock corpses under the American flags, and slid those into the ocean.“We were numb like zombies,” Collison said.

Production of a total of 380 Mohawks ended in December 1970. Where are they from? This is largely true due to helicopters. 75,000 Vietnam Veterans are severely disabled.The helicopter provided unprecedented mobility. By Pierre Kosmidis.

That is why you see a higher percent of losses for UH-1Ds.They were destroyed before they were upgraded to Hs.

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