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| 1966-08-26 | BV-107M, c/n 2187, ff? del USMC 26Aug66 as CH-46A 152565 asgd Boeing FR Morton PA xfer HMM-262 01Sep66 redesig CH-46D 06Jun68 xfer FAWPRA Atsugi 20Nov68 xfer NAS Atsugi A&T 11Feb69 xfer HMM-262 07Mar69 xfer NARF North Isalnd 08May72 further unit xfers unk xfer HC-6, HW-01, unk w/o 17Nov85. HMM-262  | |||
| My Bird. I took her to Vietnam and was her only Crew Chief until rotating back to CONUS 1985, as a Navy bird, taxiing on a carrier, the front blades struck the island and she came apart. She was scavenged for parts, etc. and dumped over-board. She rests the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. She saved MANY lives in Vietnam | ||||
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| 1985-11-17 | US Navy UH-46D type as HC-6 /HW-01 w/o 17Nov85 HC-6 | |||
| True the aircraft was destroyed in 1985 but was during night VERTREP to USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Rotors came in contact with guy wires for antennas around super structure and the aircraft fell on the forward gun, broke apart and crushed a cobra attack bird. I Was there, sister detachment from HC-6. Pilot and crew were friends. | ||||
| IWO JIMA (LPH-2) mishap confirmed. Pilot-in-Command (PIC) had been hot dogging all day. On last lift of retrograde PIC insisted that all VERTREP nets and pendants be strung together resulting in high hover with few visual cues to hold a stable hover. Acft drifted into yard arm and killed sailor on signal bridge. As previously stated fell onto AH-1T of HMM-261 and into forward gun tub. | ||||
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