~HELICOPTER TIME LINE~

~~"ROTARY-WING" ERA BEGINS~~

1935- The U.S. Army bought a Kellett KD-1 autogyro for evaluation and designated it the YG-1A, s/n 36-352, making it the first practical "rotary-wing" aircraft used by the U.S. Army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellett_KD-1

~~HELICOPTER ERA BEGINS~~

1939 - August 25; The U.S. Army Material Division published the first specifications for an USAAF helicopter. http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19600305000

1939 - September 14; On this day in aviation history the first flyable helicopter, piloted by Igor Sikorsky, the Sikorsky V-300, makes its first flight. Air Classics Magazine, Vol. 49 Number 10

1940 - May 27; The USAAF helicopter evaluation board met to review bids to build "a rotary wing aircraft in the interest of adequate national defense." http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19600305000

1940 - July 10; Platt-LePage was chosen and accepted a government contract worth nearly $500,000 to produce the PL-3 under the USAAF designation XR-1. http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19600305000

1941 - June 23; Platt-LePage XR-1 makes its first 'un-tethered' flight making it the first helicopter to be tested by the AAF. http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19600305000

1942 - January 13; The Sikorsky XR-4, #41-18874 makes its first flight. Air Classics Magazine, Vol. 49 Number 10

1942 - April 20; The Sikorsky XR-4 makes its first demonstration to military officials; it is declared ready for delivery. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1942 - May 30; The Sikorsky XR-4 Hoverfly, the prototype of the world's first production helicopter and the only U.S. helicopter to see action in World War II, is officially accepted by the Army Air Forces at Wright Field, Ohio. Air Force Magazine

1943 - January 22; The USAAF orders 900 R-6A's for liaison and rescue operations.

 http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1943 - May 26; The USAAF orders 250 R-5A's for Anti-Submarine Warfare/utility work and 100 R-4B's for use as trainers. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1943 - August 18; The Sikorsky XR-5 makes its first flight. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1943 - September 11; The USAAF issued a contract for the Kellett XR-8 "Synchropter" twin-rotor design for testing. Air Classics Magazine, Vol. 49 Number 10

1943 - October 15; The Sikorsky XR-6 makes its first flight. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1944 - April 25-26; The first recorded use of a helicopter as rescue aircraft by the U.S. Military took place in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. A Sikorsky-built YR-4B helicopter, piloted by 2nd Lt. Carter Harman, was used in April 1944 in a dramatic rescue of a downed L-1 pilot, TSgt. Ed. "Murphy" Hladovcak, and three wounded British soldiers in the jungles of Burma. The fledgling aircraft was underpowered, which was only made worse by the heat and humidity of the jungle. Three trips were necessary to evacuate the men. AAF Col. Philip Cochran, commander of the 1st Air Commando Group, later writes, "Today, the 'egg beater' went into action and the damn thing acted like it had good sense." Air Force Magazine & http://history.com/videos/first-combat-helicopter#first-combat-helicopter & "Any Time, Any Place" by Philip D. Chinnery

1944 - June 20; The Platt-LePage XR-1A is delivered to Wright Field, OH. two years behind schedule.

 http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1944 - September 06; The helicopter school at Freeman Field, IN. opens. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1944 - October 11; The USAAF's 1st Aircraft Repair Unit (Floating) departs for the Pacific. This is the first unit to deploy to a combat zone with helicopters as standard equipment. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1944 - October 26; The sole Platt-LePage XR-1A helicopter, #42-6581, is damaged in an accident at Wright Field, OH. It was shipped back to the manufacturer and it was declared surplus following the end of WW II.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1940%E2%80%931944)

1944 - November 04; A Army helicopter enroute from Wright Field, Dayton, OH. to Alexandria, LA., crewed by 1st Lt. Harold H. Hermes (P) and Sgt. Thomas E. Wise, encountering engine trouble, while flying at about 700 feet, and crashed in a field 20 miles southeast of Shreveport, LA. when the pilot attempted a forced landing. The crew escapted with bruises and cuts and the helicopter was distroyed. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, TX.), Sun, Nov 5, 1944, page 22

1944 - December ??; The helicopter school moves to Chanute Field, IL. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1945 - January 22; The 10th Air Force Jungle Rescue Unit receives a YR-4B from Wright Field for rescue operations in Burma and later performs the first special operations helicopter mission. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1945 – April 20; YR-6As of the 8th ERS, formed in China in April 1945, as the first official USAAF helicopter rescue unit. The five Sikorsky R-6A's attached to the 14th Air Force provided essential search and rescue services for aircraft crossing "The Hump" into China during the final months of World War II.

 http://www2.afsoc.af.mil/library/afsocheritage/afsoccsarheritage.asp

1945 - June 16-29; R-4B's and R-6A's of the 5th and 6th Aircraft Repair Units (Floating) medevac 70 wounded soldiers from frontlines on Luzon. http://helicopter-history.org/1941.html

1945 – December 13; R-6A #43-45410 (Call sign "Windmill 61") from the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron at Clark AB, P.I., crewed by 2nd Lt. Louis A. Carle, rescued an injured Philipino man at Tagaewayan and delivered him to the 312th General Hospital in Manila. http://www.pbyrescue.org/

1946 - January 08; R-6A #43-45387, piloted by Edward W. Ciccolella, was involved in an accident at Clark Field, PI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4601.html

1946 - January 11; XR-6A #43-28240, piloted by James W. Couperthwaite, was involved in an accident about 5 miles south of Jacksonville Airport, FL. No other details available at this time.

 http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4601.html

1946 - January 15; YR-5A #43-46616, piloted by Willard A. Patterson, was involved in an accident at Ladd Field, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4601.html

1946 - February 08; R-6A #43-45532, piloted by Gerald R. Vacca, was involved in an accident at Orlando AAF, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4602.html

1946 - February 08; R-4B #43-46523, piloted by Robert W. Loard, was involved in an accident at Sheppard Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4602.html

1946 - February 28; YR-5A #43-46616, piloted by Edwin A. Stevenson, was involved in an accident at Crane Lake, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4602.html

1946 - March 13; Headquarters Air Rescue Service (HQ. ARS) was established at Andrews Field, Maryland, and was assigned to the Air Transport Command (ATC). The primary mission of ARS was search and rescue (SAR) activity within the United States. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1946 - March 24; R-4B #43-46571, piloted by Henry J. Kowalik, was involved in an accident at Koza, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4603.html

1946 - April 04; R-6A #43-45465, piloted by Owen A. Niehaus, was involved in an accident at Ladd Field, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4604.html

1946 - April 12; YR-5A #43-46610, piloted by Thomas J. Fowler, was involved in an accident at Brooks Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4604.html

1946 - April 30; R-6A #43-45385, piloted by Philip S. Hester, was involved in an accident at Sheppard Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4604.html

1946 - May 08; R-6A #43-45516, piloted by Albert J. Newhauser, was involved in an accident at Sheppard Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4605.html

1946 - May 10; R-5A #43-46635, piloted by Harold G. Sommer, was involved in an accident at MacDill Field, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4605.html

1946 - May 22; R-6A #43-45514, piloted by Alonzo W. Parrott, was involved in an accident at Jolly, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4605.html

1946 - May 28; R-5A #43-46629, piloted by Edward H. Frost, was involved in an accident at San Bernardino AAF, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4605.html

1946 - May 29; Col. Wallace S. Ford became the first commander of ARS.

 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1946 - June 03; A world record speed for a helicopter was claimed at Wright Field, Dayton, OH. after a R-5 Sikorsky helicopter piloted by Lt. Col. Keith S. Wilson established at speed of 110 miles per hour over a 12 mile course. The Evening Star, Bradford, PA., Tuesday Evening, June 4, 1946

1946 - June 06; A Air Force helicopter, crewed by Capt. J. E. Steiner, crashed on a farm near Wright Field. Capt. Steiner was not injured. The Circleville Herald (Circleville, OH.), Fri, Jun 7, 1946, page 10

1946 - June 12; YR-5A #43-46625, piloted by Robert W. Lord, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4606.html

1946 - June 18; YR-6A #43-45394, piloted by Harry K. Bayless, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4606.html

1946 - June 19; YR-5A #43-46605, piloted by Eugene F. Hutchins, was involved in an accident about 20 miles SW of Lake City, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4606.html

1946 - June 21; YR-6A #43-45350, piloted by John H. Pullin, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4606.html

1946 - July 01; HQ. ARS moved from Washington, DC area to Morrison Field, FL.

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf 

1946 - July 11; R-6A #43-45510, piloted by John L. Puller, was involved in an accident at Randolph Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4607.html

1946 - August 01; R-6D #43-46641, piloted by Edward H. Frost, was involved in an accident about 4 miles NNW of Redlands, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4608.html

1946 - August 07; R-5A #43-46629, piloted by James E. Chudars, was involved in an accident at March Field, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4608.html

1946 - September 11; XR-9B #46-001, piloted by Ernest W. Cassell, was involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4609.html

1946 - September 16; R-6A #43-45372, piloted by Wayne W. Eggert, was involved in an accident about 2 miles south of Naha, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4609.html

1946 - September 27; R-5D #43-46651, piloted by Horold G. Sommer, was involved in an accident at New Castle AAF, DE. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4609.html

1946 - October 24; R-6A #43-45372 was damaged in an accident at Kadena AB, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4610.html

1946 - October 24; R-6A #43-45402 was damaged in an accident at Kadena AB, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4610.html

1946 - November 21; YR-5D #43-46649, piloted by John F. Conn, was involved in an accident about 1 mile SE of New Germany, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4611.html

1946 - December 06; R-5D #43-46659, crewed by 1st Lt. Jack E. Burlage (P), 1st Lt. Robert L. Boyce (CP), Pvt. Richard W. Soper & Pvt. Thomas J. Rippingale, as it was taking off and struck a ramp at San Marcos AAF, TX. After hitting the ramp the helicopter turned over on its side and caught fire. Lt. Burlage managed to climb out unhurt, but three others were trapped in the wreckage. He clambered onto the machine and opened an escape and began to lift out one of his companions. As he did so, the helicopters gas tank exploded, spraying Burlage with burning fuel. He fell from the burning helicopter and rolled on the ground to put out the flames. The three trapped men died in the wreckage and Lt. Burlage died of his burns on Dec. 07. http://www.armyaircrews.com/other.html

1946 - December 12; R-6A #43-45399, piloted by Patrick H. Winston, was involved in an accident at Kipapa Field, HI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1946/4612.html

1946 - December 21; YR13 #46-229, piloted by unkn, was involved in an accident in Ohio. No other details are known at this time. Accident List

1947 - February 03; R-6A #43-45355, piloted by Floyd Annas, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of Clark Field, PI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4702.html

1947 - February 13; YR-6A #43-45339, piloted by Raymond N. Gottfried, was involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4702.html

1947 - March 01; YR-13 #46-230, piloted by Thomas S. Rankin, was involved in an accident at about 8 miles NE of Sparta, WI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4703.html

1947 - March 18; YR-13 #46-234, piloted by Ernest M. Cassell, was involved in an accident at Patterson Field, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4703.html

1947 - April 17; R-5D #43-46641, piloted by Francis A. Waterhouse, was involved in an accident at Biggs Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4704.html

1947 - April 27; R-13 #44-6261, piloted by J. Y. Hammack, was involved in an accident at Pope Field, NC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4704.html

1947 - April 29; R-5D #43-46653, piloted by William E. Zins, was involved in an accident at Wright Field, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4704.html

1947 - May 01; R-6A #43-45376, piloted by Joseph E. Barrell, was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux., TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4705.html

1947 - May 01; R-6A #43-45395, piloted by Billy J. Gault, was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux., TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4705.html

1947 - May 13; YR-13 #46-239, piloted by John A. Bollard, was involved in an accident at Niagara Falls Airport, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4705.html

1947 - June 13; R-6A #43-45510, piloted by Franks S. Silo, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4706.html

1947 - June 24; R-6A #43-45394, piloted by John C. Lindsay, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4706.html

1947 - June 27; R-6A #43-45384, piloted by Vincent H. McGovern, was involved in an accident at Marshall Field, KS. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4706.html

1947 - July 11; R-6A #43-45406, piloted by John A. Price, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4707.html

1947 - July 14; HQ. ARS moved from Morrison Field to MacDill Field, FL.

 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1947 - August 20; R-6A #43-45406, piloted by Raymond L. Hausmann, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AAF, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4708.html

1947 - September 18; Under the National Security Act of 1947, the United States Air Force, initially part of the United States Army, was formed a separate branch on the military. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force

1947 - October 02; An Army Air Forces Sikorsky R-5 helicopter has made the AAF's first rescue mission above the Arctic Circle, flying to Bettles, Alaska, 185 miles northwest of Fairbands, to rescue George Plucinski, a stranded trapper. The Paris News, Paris, TX., Thursday, October 2, 1946, page 4

1947 - October 17; R-6A #43-45355, piloted by William A. Bailey, was involved in an accident at Clark Field, PI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4710.html

1947 - November 24; R-6A #43-45483, piloted by Walter F. White, was involved in an accident at Elmendorf Field, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4711.html

1947 - December 01; HQ. ARS moved from MacDill Field, FL. to Gravelly Point, Washington, DC.http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1947 - December 16; R-6E #43-46614, piloted by Walter M. Coble, was involved in an accident about 11 miles north of San Marcos, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1947/4712.html

1948 - January 02; YH-5D #43-46651, piloted by Wilbur E. Place, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4801.html

1948 - January 26; YH-13 #46-247, piloted by Robert C. Chandler, was involved in an accident about 5 miles north of Fayetteville, NC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4801.html

1948 - March 16; H-5D #43-46648, piloted by Frank S. Sico, was involved in an accident at Everglades City, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4803.html

1948 - March 25; YH-5A #43-46623, piloted by Robert W. Barnhill, was involved in an accident about 23 miles east of Fairbanks, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4803.html

1948 - April 07; XH-12 #44-215, piloted by Owen Niehaus, was involved in an accident at Niagara Falls Airport, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4804.html

1948 - April 15; YH-6A #43-45333, piloted by John E. Tyman, was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux., TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4804.html

1948 - April 26; H-6A #43-45406, piloted by William B. Evans, was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux., TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4804.html

1948 - April 29; An Air Force helicopter from Elmendorf AFB, AK, crew unkn, rescued the pilot of a P-51, Lt. Ralph Van Kerhove, after he crashed landed his aircraft on mud flats about 20 miles west of Anchorage, AK. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, California) Friday, April 30, 1949, page  

1948 - May 03; H-5A #43-46626, piloted by Joseph A. Kuhn, was involved in an accident about 5 miles east of Palmer, CO. No other details avaiable at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4805.html

1948 - June 09; H-6A #43-45396, piloted by Arthur W. Beall, Jr., was involved in an accident at Hickam AFB, HI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4806.html

1948 - June 10; H-6A #43-45410, piloted by John A. Price, was involved in an accident at Clark AFB, PI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4806.html

1948 - June 11; Air Force Regulation 65-10 is published, which changes the designations for several Air Force aircraft. Fighters will now have the prefix "F" instead of "P" for pursuit (which dated back to 1925); reconnaissance aircraft will now be designated "R" instead of "F" ostensibly for "fotographic," (which dated back to 1930); and helicopters will now be designated "H" instead of "R" (for rotary wing). Air Force Magazine

1948 - June 17; H-6D #43-46656, piloted by Roy N. Casheer, was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux., TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4806.html

1948 - June 21; H-6A #43-45395, piloted by Harry J. Copsey, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4806.html

1948 - June 24; YH-6A #43-45333, piloted by Raymond L. Hausmann, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4806.html

1948 - July 06; XH-12 #46-214, piloted by Owen Q. Niehaus, was involved in an accident at Niagara Falls Airport, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4807.html

1948 - July 16; YH-5A #43-46620, piloted by Russell M. Dobyns, was involved in an accident at MacDill AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4807.html

1948 - July 23; YH-13 #46-245, piloted by Ivan M. Peller, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4807.html

1948 - August 12; YH-5A #43-46622, piloted by Alexander P. Murphy, was involved in an accident about 20 miles NNW of Franklin, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4808.html

1948 - August 21; H-5F #47-489, piloted by William A. Weed, was involved in an accident about 57 miles NE of Palmer, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4808.html

1948 - August 24; H-5D #43-46657, piloted by Jack Batty, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4808.html

1948 - September 20; H-6A #43-45414, piloted by Joseph D. Cooper, was involved in an accident at Itami AB, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4809.html

1948 - September 28; XH-11 #45-9478, piloted by William R. Dubois, was involved in an accident at Grand Central Aviation, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4809.html

1948 - October 05; H-5G #48-525, piloted by Eugene C. Gore, was involved in an accident about 10 miles NW of Eldon, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4810.html

1948 - October 05; A helicopter from McCord Field Army Air Force base, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), crashed landed near the Three Brothers peaks in the rugged Olympic Mountains, some 30 miles northwest of Bremerton, WA. Air Force officials said the men had signaled that the "were okay and sticking with their ship" and late in the afternoon a C-47 circled the helicopter crew and dropped survival kits. No other details are known at this time. Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR.), Wed, Oct 6, 1948, page 1

1948 - October 07; SH-6 #43-45396, piloted by Herman T. Kennedy, was involved in an accident at Hickam AFB, HI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4810.html

1948 - October 22; YH-5A #43-46619 from Eglin AFB, FL., crewed by1st Lt. William H. Major (P) and unkn (CP), crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Destin, FL. The other unidentified officer on the helicopter was injured. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4810.html & Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR.), Sat, Oct 23, 1948, page 9

1948 - November 05; H-6A #43-45399, piloted by Gil C. Jordan, was involved in an accident at Kadena AB, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - November 05; H-5G #48-533, piloted by John R. Neuenswander, was involved in an accident at Atkinson Field, BG. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - November 07; XH-12 #44-91003, piloted by Charles W. Morgan, was involved in an accident about 2 miles south of Eglin AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - November 07; XH-12 #44-9163, piloted by Lindell E. Hendrix, was involved in an accident about 4 miles NE of Eglin AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - November 18; H-5D #43-46655, piloted by Mark R. Starr, was involved in an accident San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - November 24; H-5G #48-527, piloted by Harold G. Sommer, was involved in an accident about 33 miles north of Buchene, Newfoundland, FL. No other details available at this time.

 http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4811.html

1948 - December 03; YH-5A #43-46608, piloted by Gordon R. Inmen, was involved in an accident about 1 mile SE of Carolville, WI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4812.html

1948 - December 16; YH-6A #43-45339 was damaged at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4812.html

1948 - December 21; H-6A #43-45388, piloted by Joseph D. Cooper, was involved in an accident about 8 miles from Itami AB, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4812.html

1948 - December 21; H-5F #47-483, piloted by John K. Connery, was involved in an accident about 17 miles SSE of Guntanamo, Cuba. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1948/4812.html

1948 - December 22; An Air Force helicopter, piloted by Lt. Charles Weir, flew through heavy snow and strong winds to rescue Mrs. Freida Johansen, an expectant mother, who had been marooned 24 hours on a gale-swept Alaskan lake about 35 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK. Austin America, Austin, Texas - Thursday, December 22, 1948

1949 - January 03 - March 15; H-5's and YH-13's belived to be from the 2151st Rescue Unit at Lowry AFB, CO. participated in "Operation Hayride & Operation Snowbound"", a humanitarian airlift operation, air droping food and medicine to stranded travelers and isolated residents who had became cut off due to a series of eighteen snowstorms and blizzards in 27 days that had hit the Rocky Mountain and upper Great Planes states of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dokota, Utah and Wyoming during December 1948. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haulma

1949 - February 18; H-5D #43-46653, piloted by John R. Conn, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4902.html

1949 - February 24; H-5A #43-46638, piloted by Murl R. Chamberlain, was involved in an accident about 10 miles SE of Fairbanks, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4902.html

1949 - March 04; H-5E #43-46611, piloted by Harold W. Peterson, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html

1949 - March 07; XH-9B (R-9B) #46-001, piloted by Raymond S. Popson, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html

1949 - March 15; YH-13 #45-252, piloted by Harold H. Thomas, was involved in an accident at Waco AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html

1949 - March 16; H-5G #48-545, piloted by Richard P. Devine, was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4903.html

1949 - April 07; H-5G #48-529, piloted by Wilson T. Botner, was involved in an accident about 15 miles SSW of Madden Dam, Panama. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4904.html

1949 - May 10; H-5G #48-550, crewed by Lt. Joseph E. Manosky (P) and Capt. Raymond E. Orford (CP), was involved in an accident at Lowry AFB, CO. Lt. Manosky was killed and his co-pilot, Raymond E. Oxford, was injured. The helicopter crashed near Denver's southeastern limits while on a training flight. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4905.html & The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX.), Wed, May 11, 1949, page 4 & http://www.armyaircrews.com/other.html

1949 - May ??; Sikorsky test pilot, Harold E. "Tommy" Thompson, was the first to intentionally loop a helicopter when flying a Sikorsky S-52. http://1st-helicopter-loop.com

1949 - June 02; H-5G #48-547, piloted by Alfred L. Keplt, was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4906.html

1949 - June 11; H-5F #48-487, piloted by Robert W. Branhill, was involved in an accident about 35 miles NW of Stevens Village, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4906.html

1949 - June 19; XH-12 #46-214, piloted by Kenneth D. Albert, was involved in an accident at Niagara Falls Airport, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4906.html

1949 - July 10; A USAF helicopter, crew unkn, From Fairbanks, AK, rescued Dr. and Mrs. Melville Cook and Bill Carrington near their plane, which had made a forced landing seven days earlier, in the Arctic about 50 miles northeast of Fort Yukon, AK. The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) Monday, July 11, 1949, page 5

1949 - July 28; H-5A #43-46631, piloted by Jace Batty, was involved in an accident at March AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4907.html

1949 - July 30; H-6A (R-6A) #43-45363, piloted by Joseph R. Eddleman, was involved in an accident about 2 miles west of Ashiya AB, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4907.html

1949 - August 03; H-5A #43-46632, piloted by Edward E. Curran, was involved in an accident about 6 miles south west of Elmendorf AFB, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4908.html

1949 - August 29; An USAF helicopter from March AFB, CA., piloted by Lt. Jack Batty, rescued a F-86 pilot, 2nd Lt. Robert E. Farley, from on top of a 3,200 foot peak in the San Bernadino Mountains, 21 miles east of Palm Springs,  after he ejected from his spinning aircraft. Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, Arizona) Tuesday, August 30, 1949, page 1

1949 - August 31; H-5G #48-534, piloted by James H. Devlin, was involved in an accident at Vernam Field, Jamaica. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4908.html

1949 - September 13; H-5G #48-484, piloted by Edward J. Curley, was involved in an accident at James Connally AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4909.html

1949 - September 20; H-5A #43-46604, piloted by Oscar N. Tibbetts, was involved in an accident about 18 miles east north east of Engle, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4909.html

1949 - October 03; XH-10 #45-22793, piloted by David J. Driskill, was involved in an accident about 2 miles south of Moorestown, NJ. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4910.html

1949 - October 10; XH-13 #46-228, piloted by William W. Griffith, was involved in an accident about 6 miles north of Waco, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4910.html

1949 - October 10; H-5F #47-485, piloted by Russell C. Randall, was involved in an accident about 1 mile east of James Connally AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4910.html

1949 - October 23; YH-5C #43-46615, piloted by George F. Gaffney, was involved in an accident at James Connally AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4910.html

1949 - December 21; H-5F #47-481, piloted by George F. Gaffney, was involved in an accident at Lakeland AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1949/4912.html

1950 - February 10; A USAF helicopter of the 10th Rescue Squadron at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, AK, crewed by Lt. Melvin R. Brown and Lt. Frank Alden, rescued 10 survivors of a C-47 that had crashed, on 07 February 1950, into a mountain top about 15 miles from Pon Lake, YT. The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana) Saturday, February 11, 1950, page 1

1950 - February 17; H-5F #47-485, piloted by George A. Fox, was involved in an accident at James Connally AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5002.html

1950 - March 15; H-13B #48-851, piloted by Robert N. Wilson, was involved in an accident at Killeen, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5003.html

1950 - March 25; H-5G #48-524, piloted by Brendan V. Higgins, was involved in an accident about .5 mile east of Hatfield, MA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5003.html

1950 - April 06; YH-13 #46-425, piloted by Todd M. Barth, was involved in an accident at James Connally AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5004.html

1950 - April 26; H-5G #48-562, piloted by Charles G. Weir, was involved in an accident about 4 miles east of Hartsville, SC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5004.html

1950 - May 20; H-5A #43-46616, piloted by Frank A. Alden, was involved in an accident at Ladd AFB, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5005.html

1950 - May 27; H-5G #48-526, piloted by Richard H. Broderick, was involved in an accident at Hamilton AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5005.html

1950 - May 27; H-5G #48-557, piloted by Irwin L. Bailie, was involved in an accident at Walker AFB, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5005.html

1950 - May 28; H-5H #49-2010, piloted by Frank A. Alden, was involved in an accident about 23 miles SW of Tigvariak Island, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5005.html

1950 - June 01; XH-12B #46-216, piloted by Wayne W. Eggert, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5006.html

1950 - June 05; H-13B #48-800, piloted by Warner F. Rankin, Jr., was involved in an accident about 3 miles north of Ransiomville, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5006.html

1950 - June 13; A USAF helicopter based in Bahrein, crew unkn, rescued at least three survivors of a French C-54 that had crashed in the Persian Gulf. No other details are known at this time. Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) Wed., June 14, 1950, page 1

1950 - June 16; YH-5D #43-46606, piloted by Ronald C. Good, was involved in an accident about 20 miles south of Circle Hot Springs, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5006.html

1950 - July 22; The 3rd ARS deployed the first H-5 helicopter in Korea to Taegu #1 and it became known at Det. "F". Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - July 25; H-5F #47-487, piloted by Ralph E. Miller, was involved in an accident at Eglin AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5007.html

1950 - July 25; H-5H #49-2006 was the first helicopter lost in Korea. 1st Lt.'s Kenneth G. Blurton and John R. Halpin flew an H-5 to pick up a Navy pilot in Penseng area, which, unknown to them, was enemy occupied. Pilots landed with insufficient fuel to return. All 3 pilots escaped and evaded and were rescued on 29 July 1950, leaving the H-5 behind, which was later destroyed by Navy fighters. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1950 - July 26; H-5H #49-2006 from Det. F, 3rd ARS, which had been abandoned after making a forced landing on 25 July 1950 and was destroyed by Navy fighters in Korea. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1950 - August 01; YH-5A #43-46609, piloted by Donald L. Hawkes, was involved in an accident about 11 miles NNW of Holloman AFB, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5008.html

1950 - August 04; SH-5H #50-0804 of the 3rd ARS, crewed by 1st Lt. Jimmie Jernigan (P) and Lt. Jeffers (CP), developed a gas leak and ran out of fuel during a ferry flight from Pusan Korea to Ashiya, Japan. They were rescued by a Navy ship. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_2190.htm

1950 - August 05; An H-5 from Det. F, 3rd ARS operating from Pusan, Korea, made the first recorded use of an H-5 for medical evacuation transported U. S. Army soldier Pfc. Claude C. Crest, Jr., from the Sendang-ni area to an Army hospital. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - August 16; YH-19 #49-2013, piloted by Thomas J. Cecil, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5008.html

1950 - August 22; SH-5H #49-1997 of the 3rd ARS and crewed by 1st Lt. Jimmie Jernigan (P) and Cpl. James Fuentez (M) lost power during flight and crashed and was destroyed near Naju, Korea. The crew was uninjured. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1950 - August 30; The "Helicopter Detachment" of Det. "D", 3rd ARS was activated as Det. "F" of the 3rd ARS, with six H-5's at K-1 airfield, near Pusan. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1950 - September 04; In the first H-5 helicopter rescue of a downed US pilot from behind enemy lines in Korea, at Hanggan-dong, Lt. Paul W. Van Boven (P) and Cpl. John Fuentes (M) saved F-51D pilot Capt. Robert E. Wayne. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - September 05; H-5A #43-46606, piloted by Pierce M. Myers, was involved in an accident at Pope AFB, NC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5009.html

1950 - September 25; USAF helicopters from the 6th Rescue Squadron at Westover Field, MA, rescued the 12 man crew and four passangers of a B-50 who had parachuted from thier stricken bomber on 21 September 1950. The also brought out the 3 man ground rescue team that had parachuted into the survivor's location about 95 miles southwest of Goose Bay, Labrador. Idaho State Journal (Pcatello, Idaho) Monday, Septermber 25, 1950, page 1

1950 - September 29; H-13B #48-858, piloted by Luke B. Francis, was involved in an accident at Sheppard AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5009.html

1950 - September 30; H-5F #48-540 from, from Flight "F", 3rd ARS, crewed by Capt. Ferdonand L. Svore (P) and Cpl. John Fuentez (M) was hit by the blast from a tank mine and was destroyed. Both were injured and rescued. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_1474.htm

1950 - October 01; A USAF helicopter, from Kimpo, Korea, piloted by Lt. William B. Evans, rescued a USN F4U-4 pilot, Ens. Claude E. Dorris after he had crash landed 10 miles southeast of Pyongyang, just north of Chungwha, North Korea. The Terre Haute Star (Terre Haute, Ind.) Wednesday, October 04, page 1

& http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_1802.htm

1950 - October 10; An H-5 from the 3rd ARS crewed by 1st Lt. David C. McDanial (P) and Capt. John C. Shumate (Para-Doctor) picked up a downed British pilot, Lt. Stan W. Leonard and administered blood plasma, for the first time while a helicopter was in flight. The crew members received Silver Stars for this action. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1950 - October 13; All elements of Det. "F" moved to K-14 (Kimpo AB, west of Seoul, Korea). "That Others May Live" by Forrest L. Marion 

1950 - October 19; Due to crowede conditions all elements of Det. "F" were again forced to move, this time to K-16 (Seoul AB, Korea). In subsequent weeks, advanced elements deployed from Seoul to Sariwon, Sinmak, Pyongyang, Anju and Kunuri in North Korea. "That Others May Live" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - October 21-22; H-5's of the 3rd ARS and two L-5"s, evacuated some 35 wounded paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team from a drop zone near Sukchon North Korea in the first use of a helicopter in support of an airborne operation. H-5's also evacuated seven American POW's from the area. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - October 23; H-5A #43-46623, piloted by Robert C. Hammond, was involved in an accident at Ladd AFB, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5010.html

1950 - October 30; A H-5 of the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron, crewed by 1st Lt. Edward J. Kelly (P) and TSgt. Robert J. Burns (MT), rescued the crew of a AT-6D "Mosquito" spotter plane, Capt. Robert M. Terry (P), and 1st Lt. William L. Dodson (CP) after they had crashed into a mountain near Panha-dong, Korea. The Corsicana, (Texas) Daily Sun, Thur. Nov. 23, 1950

1950 - November 05; An H-5 of the 3rd ARS, piloted by Lt. Edward J. Kelly (TDY from the 2nd ARS), was attacked by two MiG-15's, but was not hit. This is the first air to air attack on a helicopter under combat conditions. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1950 - November 22; A SAR helicopter rescued a F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Harold B. Kinison from a beach after he had bailed out of his aircraft just south of Kanggye. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1950 - November 24; An H-5 of the 3rd ARS crewed by Capt. Oscar N. Tibbetts (P) and SSgt. James K. Bryson (M) (on temp. duty from the 2nd ARS) made a daring rescue of a downed pilot, who had spent the night hiding, from deep within North Korea. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1950 - November 28; H-5H #49-2009 crashed into a mountain about 25 miles north west of Pyongyang, Korea, in low visibility, darkness and low on fuel, returning to base after rescuing a F4U pilot from North Korea. Killed in the crash were 1st Lt. Robert B. Parker (P), Pfc. William G. Wilkerson (M) and Ens. William G. Wagner USN F4U-5P pilot. This was the first loss of USAF helicopter crew members in the Korean War. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1950 - November 28; A USAF helicopter piloted by Capt. John Christenson rescued Mrs. Fred Van-Lennepp, and expectant mother, from the snowbound Castleton Farms, thoroughbred farm, near Lexington, KY. Kingsprt News (Kingsport, TN) Wed., Nov. 29, 1950, page 1

1950 - November 29; H-5H #49-2004, piloted by Michael McDonald, was involved in an accident and destroyed at Anju, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5011.html

1950 - November 30; H-5F #47-786 of the 3rd ARS crewed by 1st Lt. Charles H. Fields (P), Pvt. Charles E. Goodman and SSgt. James N. Waggener, had an engine failure and crashed landed and was destroyed during the evacuation of Pyongyang AB, Korea. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_363.htm

1950 - November 30; H-5H #48-886 from, Flight F, crashed and destroyed during the evacuation of Pyongyang, N. Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1950 - December 06; H-5 #43-46603, piloted by Raymond N. Gottfried, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5012.html

1950 - December 08; H-5A #43-46620, piloted by Walter J. Hodgson, was involved in an accident at Pope AFB, NC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1950/5012.html

1950 - December 23; Three H-5 helicopters from the 3rd ARS, based at K-16 and piloted by 1st Lt's. Russell G. Winegar & Charles H. Field, Jr. and 2nd Lt. Clifford W. Brown, with fighter cover, rescued 11 US and 24 South Korean POW soldiers from a field eight miles behind enemy lines, shuttling them in twelve sorties to friendly lines. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - January 02; Det "F" 3rd ARS moved to K-37, Taegu, Korea. http://www.davillin.info/1hist.html

1951 - January 18; Six H-5's with fighter escort evacuated twenty-eight surrounded soldiers. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - January 18; A USAF SAR helicopter rescued a injured F4U-4 pilot, USMC Capt. Russell G. Patterson, Jr. after  his F4U-4 was hit by AAA fire, had engine failure and crash landing near Suwon.

 http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm 

1951 - January 19; Six H-5's with fighter escort continued to evacuate sixteen additional surrounded soldiers. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - January 23; H-5H #49-2002, piloted by Nilo Nieminen, was involved in an accident about 75 miles west of Wheelus AB, Libya. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5101.html

1951 - January 24; Two H-5's crewed by 1st Lt. Lynden E. Thomason (P) Cpl. Homer Ramirez (M) & 1st Lt. Osburn E. McKinzie (P), Cpl. Carl W. Poole rescued three crew members of a B-26 twenty minutes after they had crash landed on the enemy held Suwon airstrip. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - January 24; An H-5 piloted by Capt. Paul L. Park rescued the crew of a AT-6 Mosquito, Capt. Edward G. Kelley (P) and Mr. Sam Marshall (CIV), while under enemy fire. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - January 28; A H-5, escorted by a L-5 rescue a downed RAF pilot, Lt. Peach, from the British aircraft carrier HMS Theseus, while under enemy fire. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - February 02; A SAR helicopter rescued 1st Lt.'s William H. Kickliter and George H. Nuse after their AT-6F was damaged by ground fire while flying over Haengsong and crashed landed.

 http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - February 02; H-5G #48-530, piloted by Paul L. Park, was involved in an accident about 8 miles west of Taegu 2 AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5102.html

1951 - February 02; A USAF helicopter rescued two surviors, about 45 miles south of the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, from a 45 ton launch, with 27 people on board, that had capsized in rough seas in Panama Bay on January 31, 1951. They had been clinging to the wreckage for 50 hours. Two other survivors were rescued by a passing steamer on the night of January 31, 1951, 23 others parshied. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX) Sunday, February 04, 1951 

1951 - February 07; An H-5 of the 3rd ARSq. landed in deep snow and under enemy fire behind United Nations lines in Korea and picked up two wounded soliders during each of three seperate trips. Another H-5 pilot, 1st. Lt. Ernest L. MacQuarrie, picked up two more, bringing the total saves to eight. Captain Miller was later awarded the Cheney Award for 1953. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1951 - February 13-16; H-5 helicopters delivered medical supplies to surrounded UN troops at Chipyong-ni in central Korea and evacuated more than 40 wounded. Air Force Magazine

1951 - February 15; All available helicopters responded to assist 200 wounded soldiers in an area surrounded by enemy troops. Six H-5's, with fighter cover, evacuated twenty eight wounded soldiers. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - February 15; Army and Air Force helicopter and liaison plane pilots and mechanics started training at the recently re-opened San Marcos, TX. AFB. The Air Force said the training at San Marcos would take the place of that previously conduced at Connally AFB, Waco, TX. and the mechanic training programs at Sheppard AFB, TX. San Marcos was used for the same training purposes during the war. Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX.) Fri., Feb. 16, 1951, page 3   

1951 - February 16; Six H-5's continued to evacuate wounded from the action the day before, evacuating sixteen more wounded until friendly forces were able to make ground contact with them. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - February 16; H-5D #43-46652, piloted by Howell T. Walker, was involved in an accident about 5.5 miles NNE of Waco, TX. No other details avaiable at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5102.html

1951 - February 19; An H-5 picked up an injured, downed F-80 pilot, Lt. Harry F. Peyser, from a riverbed near Taegu, Korea. An L-5 had landed to pick the F-80 pilot up, but due to the sandy soil and extra weight it could not take off. Without the extra weight the L-5 was able to take off safely. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - February 21; An H-5 of the 3rd ARS and piloted by 1st Lt. Ernest L MacQuarrie delivered a wounded GI to a MASH facility, thereby marking the 1,000th life saved in the Korean War. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - March 05; A helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, Maj. John W. Rees, after his aircraft was hit by ground fire and he bailed out south of Imjin River inside friendly lines. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 09; H-5G #48-545 of the 3rd ARS and crewed by 1st Lt. Charles H. Fields (P) and Cpl. Patterson (M) crashed into a mountainside on the frontlines and was destroyed. Fields & Patterson was not injured and were rescued. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 09; A helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Siegel M. Dickman, who had E & E'ed after his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed landed 2 mi south of Singye. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 09; A SAR helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, Capt. L. M. Christopher, who had E & E'ed after his aircraft was hit by AAA and caught fire and he bailed out 5 mi north of Singye on 05 March 1951.

 http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 09; H-5G #48-545, crewed by 1st Lt. Charles H. Field (P) & Cpl. Patterson (M), crashed into a mountainside on the Korean frontline and was destroyed. The crew was not injured.

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1951 - March 09; H-5H #49-2011, piloted by Brendon V. Higgins, was involved in an accident at Suwon AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - March 11; A SAR helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, Capt. Allen H. Vanderyerk after his aircraft was hit by ground fire, lost coolant and crash landed 2 miles south of Chunchon. ttp://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 13; A SAR helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. H. W. Nelson after his aircraft had engine failure and landed in a river bed 10 miles southeast of Hamchang. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 14; YH-13 #46-240, piloted by Alvin D. Allen, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - March 15; A SAR helicopter rescued F4U-4 USMC pilot, Maj. Frank H. Presley after his aircraft was hit by AAA, had engine failure and landed in a Han River near Munson. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 16; YH-19 #49-2013, piloted by Thomas J. Cecil, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - March 17; A SAR helicopter rescued RF-51D pilot, Capt. David H. Rust after his aircraft was downed by ground fire and he bailed out 10 miles southeast of Kaesong. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 19; A SAR helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Robert P. Pasqualicchio after his aircraft was downed by ground fire and crashed landed east of Yonan. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 20;  An H-5 of the 3rd ARS was hit by ground fire during a rescue attempt and landed at K-14 (Kimpo), no other information is available at this time. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - March 24; For the first time, Far East AF used a YH-19, a experimental service test under combat conditions helicopter, in Korea for the air evacuation of wounded troops. The H-19 was considerably larger and more powerful, with greater range, than the H-5's. The initial YH-19 personnel consisted of pilots Maj. Samuel B. Brown and Capt. Joseph D. Cooper and Crew Chief TSgt. Earl J. Paulsen and several mechanics. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - March 24-28; For the first time, Far East Air Forces (FEAF) used an YH-19, a service test helicopter, in Korea for the air evacuation of wounded troops. Following Operation Tomahawk, the second airborne assult of the war, 3rd ARS Detachment YH-19  and H-5 helicopters evacuated 270 injured and wounded paratroopers of the 187th RCT from the Munsan-ni area twenty miles north of Seoul. Pilots and medics flew constantly during daylight, and maintenance crews worked around the clock in support of evacuations that often were conducted under heavy mortar artillery and small arms fire. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - March 28; H-5A #43-46636, piloted by Thomas J. Cecil, was involved in an accident at Hamilton AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - March 30; H-5G #48-560, piloted by Elmer L. Barnes, was involved in an accident at Taegu 2 AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - March 30- 31; A YH-19 was used on a "classified' mission to bring some 18 UN personnel, most likely involved the recovery of Korean guerrillas, from North Korea. This was the first use of this type helicopter in a special operations mission. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion & "The USAF in Korea A Chronology 1950-1953" by A. Timothy Warnock

1951 - March 31; H-5A #43-46630, piloted by Charles E. Cover, Jr., was involved in an accident about .5 mile north of Grandview, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5103.html

1951 - April 03; The service-test YH-19 helicopter, with the 3rd ARS, picked up a downed F-51D pilot, Capt. Thomas Manjak, southeast of Pyongyang, receiving small-arms fire during the sortie. Air Force Magazine &

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1951 - April 10; H-23A #51-3983, piloted by Owen L. Clark, was involved in an accident about 4 miles east of San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104.html

1951 - April 17; During "Operation MiG", to recover vital components of a crashed MiG-15, a YH-19 helicopter, piloted by Maj. Don Nichols, transported a team to the crash site behind enemy lines south of Sinanju to extract MiG-15 components, samples and photos. On the return flight the YH-19 took one hit from enemy fire. Air Force Magazine

1951 - April 18; H-5 helicopters from the 3rd ARS evacuated 20 critically wounded US soldiers from front-line aid stations to the nearest field hospital. Five the 10 sorties encountered enemy fire. Air Force Magazine

1951 - April 23; YH-5E #43-46611, piloted by Leon Stone, was involved in an accident at Kirtland AFB, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104.html

1951 - April 23; H-5G #48-532, piloted by Richard C. Kirkland, was involved in an accident at Muzunbaarikku Island, Marshall Islands. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104.html

1951 - April 24; On separate pickups, and H-5 helicopter from the 3rd ARS rescued two of the three crewmembers of a B-26B who had bailed out of their aircraft that had been crippled by enemy ground fire. Rescuing first the pilot, William L. Cara then the navigator, Capt. William R. Fitch, from about 20 miles west of Chorwon, about 15 miles north of the 38th parallel. Air Force Magazine & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - April 25; A SAR helicopter rescued F-51D pilot, Maj. Sam C. Wilkerson who had E & E'ed after his aircraft had been hit by ground fire and crash landed in a rice paddy near the 38th parallel.

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1951 - April 25; H-5G #48-560, piloted by William B. Peel, was involved in an accident at Taegu AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5104.html

1951 - April 29; An H-5 picked up a survivor of a lost C-46, friendly ground parties rescued the remaining survivors."That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - April 30; On separate sorties, two H-5 helicopters each picked up a downed UN pilot behind enemy lines. Small arms fire damaged one helicopter. One of the H-5 rescues was made by 1st Lt. Charles H. Field, Jr. and was of a wounded South African F-51D pilot, Lt. Piet S. Cilliers, who had bailed out near Sinmak, North Korea. The other pilot rescued was F-51D pilot Lt. Soltis. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion& http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - May 05; An H-5 helicopter from the 3rd ARS rescued a downed F-51D pilot, Lt. Col. Rexford H. Detree, about 16 miles north of K-16. the helicopter encountered small - arms fire in the area during the rescue. Air Force Magazine & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - May 06; H-5A #43-46629, piloted by Paul E. Kimberling, was involved in an accident at Ellington AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105.html

1951 - May 08; An H-5 helicopter picked up two US soldiers north of Seoul, encountering small-arms fire in the area. Air Force Magazine

1951 - May 13; A bright yellow USAF helicopter stole the show from the communists in Vienna Sunday. Only 10,000 persons were estimated to have watched a series of communist sports and entertainment attractions staged as part of a three-day Whitson rally, but 25,000 waited for the helicopter to make its three scheduled landings in the heart of the city. The helicopter, the first Vienna has ever seen, touched down on a square in front of city hall, in the Schonbrunn palace courtyard and on a street near the Votiv church. The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 14 May 1952, page 2

1951 - May 14; SAR helicopter rescued a downed F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Vernon Burke after he had bailed out of his AAA damaged aircraft. Air Force Magazine & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - May 19; H-5H #49-1996, piloted by Calvin W. Jackson, was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105.html

1951 - May 19; H-5H #49-2003, piloted by Alfred L. Kopit, was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105.html

1951 - May 19; An H-5 helicopter rescued a downed RF-51D pilot, Capt. William H. Strand, southwest of Chorwon in the central sector, with the helicopter sustaining damage from small-arms fire during the pickup. Air Force Magazine & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - May 22; H-13D #51-2471, piloted by Owen L. Clark, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5105.html

1951 - June 12; H-5G #48-537, piloted by Robert W. Barnhill, was involved in an accident about 4 miles south of Taegu 2 AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106.html

1951 - June 18; A H-19 piloted by Lt. Wayne W. Eggert took off at dawn from Fargo, ND. bound for Dayto. It landed some time later at O'Hare air field near Chicago, some 540 miles from its takeoff. A Wright-Patterson spokesman said the new 'copter' was not trying for a record. He said it was on a "long range cruising control flight to find which control settings, altitude, and so forth, would be best on a long range mission." He said the test was conducted as "a routine measures to determine whethere or not the craft is ready for production." The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio), 18 June 1951, page 1

1951 - June 19; A SAR helicopter recovered the remains of F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Lee A. Harper, after his aircraft was hit by AAA fire and he unsuccessfully attempted a low altitude bailout near Kyongyong-do.

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1951 - June 21; H-5G #48-561, piloted by Lydon E. Thomason, was involved in an accident at Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106.html

1951 - June 27; H-5D #43-46652, piloted by Ronald C. Good, was involved in an accident about 13 miles NNE of Valpariso, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5106.html

1951 - July 01; The 3rd ARSq. recovered the remains of South African Air Force F-51D pilot, 2nd Lt. Jesse P Verster, after his aircraft was hit by AAA fire and crashed.http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - July 08; H-5A #43-46616, piloted by Frank A. Alden, was involved in an accident at Ladd AFB, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html

1951 - July 11 - 22; H-5's participated in "Operation Flood-Lift" a humanitrarian airlift operation assisting victums of flooding on the Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers between eastern Kansas and western Illinois inundating Abilene, Manhattan, Junction City, Fort Riley. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haulma

1951 - July 16; H-5A #43-46626, piloted by John W. Martin, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of Maple Hill, KS. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html

1951 - July 16; EYH-19 #49-2013, piloted by August Vincenzi, was involved in an accident at Sulphur Grove, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html

1951 - July 28; H-5F #47-489, piloted by John L. Pullen, was involved in an accident at Sparrevohn, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html

1951 - July 31; YH-24 #51-5113, piloted by August Vincenzi, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5107.html

1951 - August 20; H-5F #47-482 of the 3rd ARS crewed by 1st Lt. Gene W. Ruhlander (P) and Sgt. Wilton A. Steward (M) hit power lines at the 8055th MASH, Uijongbnu, Korea and crashed, the crew was injured in the crash. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - August 22; YH-12B #46-222, piloted by Lynwood D. Williams, was involved in an accident about 11 miles north east of Hamlet, NC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html

1951 - August 22; H-13D #51-2463, piloted by Maurice C. Bone, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html

1951 - August 27; H-5G #48-552, piloted by William N. Coombs, was involved in an accident about 15 miles from Palmer, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5108.html

1951 - September 02; Four Air Force helicopters, rescued 14 members of an Army engineer unit from a dislodged protion of a pontoon bridge in the middle of a swollen Korean river. Carrying two men at a time from their precarious perch to safety at the river's edge. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, California) 2 September 1951, page 12

1951 - September 04; H-5H #48-549, piloted by Walter A. Rosenfield, was involved in an accident about 1 mile  south west of Wright-Patterson OH. No other details available at this time.

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1951 - September 08; H-5G #48-558 of the 3rd ARS crewed by Capt. John Lipsit was lost due to mechanical failure shortly after take-off. He and two passengers were not injured.

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1951 - September 08; H-5G #48-551 from Flight "D", 10th Rescue Squadron, crewed by Capt. Frank A. Alden (P) and Cpl. Joe K. Allen (MT), crashed  on the east side of the Moose Creek bluff, about 18 miles ESE of Fairbanks, AK. The helicopter was on way to recover the dead from a C-47 from a crash on 07 September 1951. Alden and Allen were both killed in the crash. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html & the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska) - Mon, Sept. 10, 1951 page 1 & 6

1951 - September 10; South of Pyongyang a 3rd ARS H-5 helicopter, with fighter escort, rescued F-80C pilot Capt. Ward M. Millar, 7th FBS. He had suffered two broken ankles during his ejection and escaped after two months as a prisoner and evaded recapture for three weeks. The helicopter also brought out an NKA sergeant who had assisted Millar. Air Force Magazine

1951 - September 13; H-5G #48-555 crewed by 1st Lt. Eugene C. Kohfield (P) and Pfc. Lawrence A. Reid (M) was hit by enemy ground fire while attempting a rescue of a AT-6D Mosquito crew and crashed from about 200 feet as it was attempting to land back at its base, instantly killing Kohfield and Reid. This was the first loss of USAF helicopter crew members as a direct result of enemy fire. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - September 21; H-5D #43-46646, piloted by John D. Heller, was involved in an accident at Shana-Wan Inlet, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html

1951 - September 29; H-5A #43-46629, piloted by Vincent H. McGovern, was involved in an accident about 2 miles south of Camp Carson, CO. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html

1951 - September 29; YH-13 #46-227, piloted by David S. Gardner, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5109.html

1951 - October 02; 12 USAF helicopters airlifted a battalion of about 1,000 U. S. Marines, making 162 individual flights carrying six Marines, fully equipped and ready for combat 14 air miles to the front on a rugged mountainous ridges in east central Korea. Tipton Tribune (Tipton, Indiana) Thu., Oct. 11, 1951, page 1

1951 - October 05; H-23A #51-4003, piloted by James V. Belyee, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110.html

1951 - October 12; YH-19 #49-2014, piloted by Raymond H. Hurn, was involved in an accident at Munsan Peace Camp, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5110.html

1951 - October 17; An H-5 piloted by 1st Lt. Charles J. Dupont rescued a downed B-26B radar observer, 1st Lt. William F. Brown, who had been evading the enemy for three nights, from a densely forested mountainside. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - October 25; H-5G #48-556, (Call sign "Pedro 09") of the 3rd ARS, helicopter, crewed by Lt. Charles DuPont (P) and Cpl. Gerald Fryer (Medic) who had rescued a downed UN F-80, call sign "Hammer", pilot, 1st Lt. Vernon L. Wright. The H-5 made a forced landing in enemy territory after being hit by enemy ground fire, hitting the lip of a rice paddy, turning over and crashing. The crew and rescued pilot were not injured and E & E'ed away from the crash site and spent the night moving and hiding in a nearby tree covered ridge line. Air Force Magazine & "Tails of a Helicopter Pilot" by Richard Kirkland

1951 - October 26; Two H-5's of the 3rd ARS, one piloted by Col. John Dean, (Call sign "Pedro 02), who rescued Lt. Charles DuPont ("Pedro 09") by hoist and the other piloted by Capt. Bob Barnhill, (Call sign "Pedro 01"), who rescued 1st Lt. Vernon Wright ("Hammer") and Cpl. Gerald Fryer ("Pedro 09") by hoist, safety from the mountainside where they had hidden from Communist troops during the night. This was the first successful rescue of a downed rescue chopper crew in the Korean War. After the successful rescue the downed H-5 #48-556 was destroyed by the flight of South African Air Force F-51 fighters, call sign "Grenadier Love 01, 02, 03 & 04", that had been providing close air support coverage during this mission. See the previous entry. Air Force Magazine & "Tails of a Helicopter Pilot" by Richard Kirkland

1951 - October 27; A 3rd ARS H-5, with fighter escort, rescued a downed RF-51D fighter pilot, Capt. James McCabe, despite intense fire from enemy ground troops. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm & Air Force Magazine

1951 - October 29; A 3rd ARS H-5 evacuated a U.S. Army officer who had suffered serious burns. He became the 3,000th individual to be airlifted to safety by the 3rd ARS. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1951 - November 04; YH-5E #43-46611, piloted by William M. Knowlton, was involved in an accident about 80 miles west north west of Las Vegas, NV. of Camp Carson, CO. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5111.html

1951 - November 15; H-5E #43-46614, piloted by John R. Peacock, was involved in an accident at Palmdale Airport, CA. of Camp Carson, CO. No other details available at this time.

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1951 - November 20; H-19A #51-3847, piloted by Joseph D. Cooper, was involved in an accident at Eglin AFB, FL. of Camp Carson, CO. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5111.html

1951 - November 21; H-5G #48-559 of the 3rd ARS, piloted by Lt. Logan J. Fagner had a mechanical malfunction and crashed into the sea off of the Korean coast between Cho-do and P-Y-do. Logan was rescued by an escorting SA-16 with minor injuries.

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1951 - December 01; A SAR helicopter rescued a F-51D pilot, 1st Lt. Max Tomich, after his aircraft was hit by AAA and crashed. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1951 - December 04; YH-24 #51-5113, piloted by John R. Noll, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5112.html

1951 - December 06; H-13D #51-2463, piloted by Joseph E. Barratt, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1951/5112.html

1951 - December 13; A SAR helicopter rescued a USMC F9F-2B pilot, 2nd Lt. Charles A. Sewell, after his aircraft ingested debris from a downed MiG and he bailed out near Cho-do.

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1951 - December 18; A SAR AF helicopter from a Donkey Team (Spec Ops) rescued a F-86A pilot, Capt. Ken D. Chandler, after his aircraft was hit by AAA, crashed 8 miles north of Pyongyang and he successfully bailed out. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - January 12; A H-5G #48-538 of the 3rd ARS, Det. 1, crewed by 2nd Lt. Jesse E. Lewis, Jr. (P) and Cpl. Claude P. Ferguson (M) crashed landed at front line aid station. Helicopter was recovered and repaired.

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1952 - January 19; An Air Force helicopter from Mountain Home AFB, piloted by Capt. John Peacock (from March Field in Riverside, CA). rescued Mrs. Gene Jack. The helicopter followed the 78 mile course of the Bosie River under a thick overcast to a rendexvous point to rescue Mrs. Jack, suffering from influenza, from an isolated cabin in the snowbound vastnesses of the Sawtooth Mountain wilderness above Rocky Bar, 80 miles from Boise, ID. The Fresno Bee The Republican (Fresno, California - Sunday January 20, 1952, page 1

1952 - January 25; A helicopter rescued a F-84 pilot, 1st Lt. J. W. Corbin, near the coastline of the Yellow Sea, while F-84's strafed enemy troops in the area. Escorting F-86's destroyed three MiG-15's during the pickup. Air Force Magazine

1952 - January 25; H-5G #48-544, piloted by John C. Hays, was involved in an accident at Sosa-Ri, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5202.html

1952 - January 26; H-19A #51-3849, piloted by Leslie W. Lear, was involved in an accident at Wheeler-Sack Field, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5202.html

1952 - January 26; A SAR rescue helicopter, behind enemy lines near the coastline of the Yellow Sea, received small-arms fire while rescuing an F-84E pilot, Capt. Alvin T. Thawley. Air Force Magazine 

1952 - January 30; H-19A #51-3859, piloted by Robert Decke, was involved in an accident at Sikorsky Airport, CT. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5202.html

1952 - February 13; A helicopter from the 54th ARSq. rescued the survivors of a B-36 that had crashed in the snow near Goose Air Base, Labrador on 12 February 1952. Also rescued were a two-man pararescue team that had parachuted into the crash site on 12 February 1952. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1952 - February 21; A SAR helicopter from K-14 recovered the remains of RF-80A pilot, 2nd Lt. Richard L. Johnson, after his aircraft had hit some low-hanging power lines during approach and crashed 5 miles southeast of K-14.

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1952 - February 25; A USAF helicopter from Goose Bay, crew unkn, evacuated Mrs. Bernard Way and her triplets, who were born the 23rd of February, without medical help, from the remote village of Rigolet, 100 miles northeast of Goose Bay. The Berkshire Evening Eagle, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1952, page 17

1952 - March 05; While jet fighters stilled enemy anti-aircraft fire, a USAF helicopter (Call sign "Pedro 02") lowered a hoist sling and rescued a downed USMC F4U-4 pilot, Capt. John A. "Jack" Deitz, in the vicinity of Yongyon. Air Force Magazine & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - March 06; H-5G #48-554, piloted by unkn, was involved in an accident at Goose Bay, Labrador. No other details are know at this time. Accident list

1952 - March 10; A pontoon-equipped H-19, crewed by Maj. Emerson E. Heller (P), Capt. Russell M. Bobyins (CP) and Corp. James H. Garns (MT) made a water rescue of a downed USMC F4U-4 Corsair pilot, Capt. Clarence W. Tuxbury. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion &

1952 - March 17; H-5G #48-542 of the 3rd ARS, crewed by Maj. Emerson E. Heller & Pvt. Carl E. Healy (CC) crashed landed, about 1 mile NNW of Seoul AB, Korea, during an autorotation check when they could not recover. The crew was not injured. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_2589.htm

1952 - March 25; H-5G #48-538 of the 3rd ARSq, Det. 1, crewed by Capt. Russell P. Tyler (P) and Pfc. James H. Garns (M) was lost during a patient evacuation mission from a snow covered hilltop, landed in snow-filled hole and overturned. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - March 25; YH-12B #46-225 from Kietland AFB, AZ., crewed by Russell P. Tyler (P) & Capt. Chester C. Lowe (CP), crashed and burned on takeoff at Kingman Airport, AZ. Capt. Lowe received a minor injury when it crashed. A witness said the helicopter was about 10 feet off the ground when it was struck by a sudden gust of wind and hurled to the runway. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5203.html & Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM.), Wed, Mar 26, 1952, page 1

1952 - March 25; H-5G #48-538 of Det. 1, 3rd ARS, crewed by Capt. Russell P. Tyler (P) and Pfc. James H. Garns (M), was on a patient evacuation mission from a snow-covered hilltop, landing in a snow-filled hole and overturning, in Korea. The crew was not injured. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_3556.htm

1952 - March 25; H-13E #51-13776, piloted by James V. Belyea, was involved in an accident at Lometa, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5203.html

1952 - March 25; H-19A #51-3847, piloted by Dale R. Paules, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5203.html

1952 - March 27; A H-5 of the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron crewed by Lt. John R. Calhoun (P) and PFC David Kroll (MT), learning that Chinese troops had captured a downed USMC pilot, Capt. William D. Smart, near Pylksong, made several low passes, enabling him to escape. While one helicopter crew member fired at the Chinese soldiers with a rifle, other lowered a hoist and rescued the pilot. Air Force Magazine & News-Journal (Mansfield, OH.)- Wed. March 12, 1952, page 1

1952 - April 01; A H-19 rescue helicopter rescued F-86 pilot, 1st Lt. John E. Dews, Jr. from a rocky area on Cho-do Island. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1952 - April 06; H-5G #48-554 was damaged at Goose Bay, Labrador. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5204.html

1952 - April 07; A 3rd ARS helicopter rescues a downed UN Sea Fury pilot, Royal Navy S/Lt. Swanson.

"The U.S. Air Force's First War: Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events" by A. Timothy Warnock &

http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - April 09 - 20; An unknown type of USAF helicopters were involved humanitarian airlift operations during Missouri River Valley Floods in South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1952 - April 12; A new H-21 U. S. Air Force rescue helicopter designed for Arctic missions made its first flight in Philadelphia. The Daily News, Huntingdon And Mount Union, PA., Monday, April 14, 1952, page 8

1952 - April 26; H-5D #43-46648, piloted by Dewey A. Campbell, was involved in an accident in the water at White Beach, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5204.html

1952 - April 28; An H-19 helicopter of the 3rd ARS picked up a downed Royal Navy Seafury pilot, S/Lt. Swanson. It was the second time in exactly three weeks that the same pilot had been picked up by a 3rd ARS helicopter. Air Force Magazine

1952 - April 29; H-23B #51-16151, piloted by Harold W. Peterson, was involved in an accident in the water at Edwards AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5204.html

1952 - May 01; H-19A #51-3858 of the 3rd ARSq. was lost due to battle damage during a rescue. No other details are available at this time. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_infor_158.htm

1952 - May 02; A YH-19 #49-2016, with the 3rd ARS, crashed landed in mud flats near Inchon, South Korea after engine failure while returning from a patient evacuation mission. All 4 crew, 1st Lt. Kenneth R. Bloom, Capt. Gail W. Poulton, A1C Edward B. Horseman and A2C David J. Kroll were rescued.

 http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - May 10; A USAF helicopter removed a critically injured fisherman, John Alexander, from a rugged woodland area near Sumerset, VT. No other details are know at this time. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 11 May 1952, page 1

1952 - May 16; A USAF helicopter recovered Lt. David Spowart after he belly-landed his aircraft, after its engine failed, on a reservoir. As the plane started sinking he started swimming. A boat picked him up and took him to shore where the helicopter picked him up and returned him to the Alameda NAS, near Oakland, CA. Pampa Daily News (Pampa, TX.) 17 May 1952, page 9

1952 - May 21; A USAF helicopter crewed by Capt. Charles Johnson (P) and John Withers (MT) rescued a USMC F4U-4 pilot, Capt. William Barbanen, while under enemy fire, after his aircraft was hit by AAA fire and he bailed out, landing in a North Korean rice paddy, near Sukchone. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_1386.htm & Panama City News-Herald (Panama City, FL) 22 May 1952, page 2

1952 - May 23; An H-19 helicopter from 3rd ARS flew most of a sortie on instruments and picked up a downed Marine Corps AD-2 pilot, one of the first instances of a "primarily-instruments" helicopter rescue. Air Force Magazine

1952 - May 26; H-19A #51-3875, piloted by Donald G. Thomason, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5205.html

1952 - May 29; H-19A #51-3886, piloted by Howard G. Pelton, was involved in an accident about 7 miles north of Bowling Green, KY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5205.html

1952 - May 30; H-13E #51-13814, piloted by John E Murphy, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5205.html

1952 - June 04; An H-19 helicopter of 3rd ARS picked up a downed British pilot, 2nd Lt. James H. McGee, from the vicinity of Sinchon, while encountering automatic weapons fire during the rescue. Air Force Magazine

1952 - June 05; H-23B #51-16149, piloted by Allen W. Thompson, was involved in an accident about 5 miles north of Edwards AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - June 09; An H-19 helicopter of 3rd ARS picked up a downed UN pilot, encountering moderate small arms fire enroute. "The U.S. Air Force's First War: Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events" by A. Timothy Warnock 

1952 - June 12; H-13E #51-13764, piloted by Robert N. McLetton, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - June 13; H-5G #48-529, piloted by Charles A. Johnson, was involved in an accident at the 8055th MASH, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - June 17; H-23A #51-4018, piloted by Russell G. Winegar, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - June 24; H-23A #51-4017, piloted by Theodoros A. Kentrotis, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - June 25; HH-5H #49-200 crewed by Capt. Leslie Wayne Lear (P) and SSgt Bob D. Holloway (M) was shot down while trying to rescue a USN pilot, Ens. Ronald D. Eaton. The crew and USN pilot bailed out and Lear & Eaton were KIA and Holloway became the first helicopter crew member to become a POW. "Air Force Magazine & "Tails of a Helicopter Pilot" by Richard Kirkland

1952 - June 25; H-5G #48-548 of the 3rd ARS, piloted by Capt. Sherman B. Jennings, Jr., on a SAR mission to rescue the HH-5H crew down behind enemy lines, crashed on takeoff after dropping off the medic.

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1952 - June 28; H-13E #51-13828, piloted by David E. Chatfield, was involved in an accident about 4 miles NNW of San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5206.html

1952 - July 03; EH-19A #51-3846, piloted by Ralph E. Coleman, was involved in an accident at Umiat, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 07; H-5F #47-480, piloted by Ramond O. Smith, Jr., was involved in an accident at Munsan-Ni, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 07; EH-5G #48-546, piloted by George E. Caldwell, was involved in an accident at Holloman AFB, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 10; H-19A #51-3864, piloted by Donald J. Crawford, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 11; H-13D #51-2531, piloted by Edward J. Kelly, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 12; H-5H #49-2002, piloted by Benjamin W. Kent, was involved in an accident at Wheelus AB, Libya. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 15-31; The first helicopter crossing of the North Atlantic is made by Captain Vincent H. McGovern and Captain Harry C. Jeffers with Captain George O. Hambrick and Lieutenant Harold Moore, flying two Sikorsky H-19 helicopters, named "Hopalong" and "Whirl-O-Way" from Massachusetts to Ayrshire covering 3,535 miles in 42 hours 25 minutes of flight time. http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/aviation%20timeline/1952.htm

1952 - July 15; H-13D #51-2471, piloted by Kenneth G. Blurton, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 17; H-13E #51-13804, piloted by Samuel Sedia, was involved in an accident about 50 miles NNE of Thule AB, Greenland. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5307.html

1952 - July 17; H-19A #51-3887, piloted by Wilbur G. Wood, was involved in an accident at Hoengsong AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 21; H-5G #48-543, piloted by Erling C. Biorge, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 22; YH-5E #43-46614, piloted by Guy D. Moshier, Jr., was involved in an accident at March AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5207.html

1952 - July 30; Following extended heavy rains, helicopters of the 3rd ARS carried approximately 650 flood stranded US military members and Koreans to safety. Flying more than 100 sorties, five large H-19's transported some 600 evacuees, while two H-5's carried the rest. In the I corps sector, two H-5's flew more than 30 sorties to rescue flood-stranded Koreans and US soldiers. Air Force Magazine

1952 - July 31; H-19A #51-3852 of the 3rd ARS, crewed by 1st Lt. Kenneth R. Bloom (P) and Capt. Sherman B. Jennings, Jr. (CP), was lost about one mile south of Seoul AB, S. Korea when the rotor hit the water while landing on a small island during a resupply mission. There were minor injuries to the crew from Det. 1, 3rd ARS. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1952 - July 31; H-19A #51-3893 "Hop-A-Long", crewed by Capt. Vincent H. McGovern (P) and Capt. Harry C. Jeffers (CP), and H-19A #51-3890 "Whirl-A-Way", crewed by 1st Lt. Harold W. Moore (P) and Capt. George O. Hambrick, landed, shortly after 4 pm, at Prestwick, Scotland to complete the first Trans Atlantic Crossing by helicopter. One of the helicopter flight mechanics (FM) who made the crossing in an accompanying C-54 was SSgt. Grady M. Truitt, other FM's are unknown at this time. The News (Fredeerick, MD), Tue, Aug 5, 1952, page 6 & Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, TX), Mon, Jul 14, 1952

1952 - August 04; H-5G #48-557, piloted by Roy A. Thompson, was involved in an accident at the 8055th MASH, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html

1952 - August 05; An H-5 piloted by 1st Lt. H. O. McEauchern rescued F4U Corsair pilot Col. Robert Galer, USMC, while under enemy fire, from North Korea. USMC Col. Robert Galier had received the Medal of Honor during WW II. "Tails of a Helicopter Pilot" by Richard Kirkland

1952 - August 08; H-5D #43-46641, piloted by William A. Sandblom, was involved in an accident at Kabuku Homer, HI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html

1952 - August 15; H-19A #51-3870, piloted by Allen H. Stotts was involved in an accident at Fukuoka, Japan. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html

1952 - August 19; H-19A #51-3876, crewed by Capt. Ralph H. King (IP) and Lt. Verne Armstrong, a student pilot, crashed and burned about 11 miles north of San Marcos AFB, TX., killing both. A witness said "the craft fell to earth and burned after its rear propeller tore loose in flight.  http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html &

Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, TX.) Wed., Aug 20, 1952, page 3

1952 - August 24; H-5H #49-1996, piloted by Ernest L. Macquarrie was involved in an accident at Narsarssuak AB, Greenland. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html

1952 - August 28; H-13E #51-13748, piloted by Robert F. Scott was involved in an accident at San Marcos Aux. Field 2, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5208.html

1952 - September 02; A 3rd ARS SAR helicopter rescued a USMC F4U-4B pilot, Maj. Robert J. Shelley, after his aircraft had been hit by ground fire and made a wheels-up crash landing in a field.

 http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm 

1952 - September 04; An H-19 from the 3rd ARS, crewed by Maj. Roy A. Thompson (P), 1st Lt. Thurman Lawrence (CP) and unkn (MT), rescued a downed F-86E fighter pilot, 1st Lt. Laverne G. Strange, and two crewmen, Ensing Thermon Ray (P) and F. C. Davney (crewman) of a USN helicopter, which had lost power and crashed in the water while attempting to pick up the pilot. Air Force Magazine & The McKinney Daily Courier-Gazette - Friday, Sept. 5, 1952, page 1

1952 - September 05; H-19A #51-3857, piloted by Gerald J. Grosson was involved in an accident at Point Oboe, Korea. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5209.html

1952 - September 13; A USAF helicopter, crew unkn, from Hamilton AFB, CA., rescued a hunter, Harold Senter, who had accidentally shot himself in the arm when his rifle went off as he loaded a deer on his car. Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA.) 14 Sep 1952, Sun. page 1

1952 - September 18; H-19A #51-3869, piloted by Charles A. Johnson was involved in an accident at Ch'o Do Island, Korea. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5209.html

1952 - September 20; H-13E #51-13764, piloted by Leonard S. Horner was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5209.html

1952 - October 08; H-19A #51-3848, piloted by Alfred L. Kopit was involved in an accident about 3 miles north of Lyells, VA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5210.html

1952 - October 09; H-5 #42-46652, piloted by Stanley H. Sheley was involved in an accident about 23 miles south of Olanchito, Hondoras. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5210.html

1952 - October 12; An SA-16 pilot, 3rd ARS, participated in two rescues within 30 minutes and more than 100 miles apart. After directing a helicopter pickup of a downed Sabre jet pilot, the SA-16 landed in the Haeju Harbor and, while overhead fighters suppressed ground fire from the shore, picked up from a dinghy a 69th FBS pilot who had parachuted from his burning F-84. "The U.S. Air Force's First War: Korea 1950-1953" by; A. Timothy Warnock 

1952 - October 14; H-19A #51-3882, piloted by Ned W. Farr was involved in an accident about 5 miles SE of Derossett, TN. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5210.html

1952 - October 27: A USAF helicopter, crewed by Lt. Robert C. Christie (P) and unkn (MT) flew through intense Communist ground fire to rescue a British Seafury pilot, Flt. Lt. T. J. Mather, after he crashed landed his crippled plane northwest of Chinnampo on Korea's west coast. The Bee, (Danville, VA.) 27 Oct. 1952, page 5

1952 - October 30; H-19A #51-3862, piloted by Calvin W. Jackson was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5210.html

1952 - November 07; H-23B #51-16143, piloted by Harold E. McGrath was involved in an accident about 3 miles ESE of Edwards AFB, CA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5211.html

1952 - November 07; H-5D #43-46642, piloted by Jay V. Cannon was involved in an accident at Tumon Bay, Guam. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5211.html

1952 - November 12; EH-23B #51-16146, piloted by George Harchalk, was involved in an accident at

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details are available at this time.

 http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5211.html

1952 - November 12; H-19A #51-3851, piloted by Richard P. Devine, was involved in an accident at Langley AFB, VA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5211.html

1952 - November 25; A USAF helicopter crewed by Lt. Francisco Gasque (P), Lt. John M. Totri (CP) and SSgt. Richard E. Ganson (MT), rescued a USMC F4U-4B pilot, Capt. Carleton M. Green, after his aircraft was hit by its own bomb blast and he ditched 10 miles S. of Sunwi-Do. http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_info_1200.htm & The Index-Journal (Greenwood, SC.) 25 Nov. 1952, page 10

1952 - December 01; H-13E #51-13828, piloted by Edward J. Kelly, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5212.html

1952 - December 15; H-19A #51-3868, piloted by Raymond H. Hurn, was involved in an accident about 5 miles NNE of Black Mountain, NC. No other details are available at this time.

 http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5212.html

1952 - December 15; An H-19 crewed by Capt. Walter E. Karutz (P), Lt. Theodoros A. Kentrotis (CP), SSgt. Thomas C. Thornton (MT) and A2C Fred Calhoun (MT), rescue a U.S. Marine pilot, Maj. Victor (Vernon) E. Ball, after he had bailed out of his flack riddled Corsair fighter while attacking troop targets in the Chinnampo, North Korea, port area deep in Communist territory. Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA.) 15 Dec. 1952, Mon, page 4

1952 - December 16; H-19A #51-3887, piloted by John W. Caldwell, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1952/5212.html

1952 - December 27-31; In its first recorded operations the 581st Air Resupply and Communication Wing (ARCW) flew off Cho-do and put these folks in well above Chinnampo on the mud flats. The flight of four H-19A helicopters, at Seoul, flew several experimental agent-insertion sorties into enemy territory for covert and clandestine intelligence activities including the insertion of South Korean agents behind enemy lines. Air Force Magazine & "The U.S. Air Force's First War: Korea 1950-1953 Significant Events" by A. Timothy Warnock

1953 - January 15; A H-19A of the 581st ARS crewed by Capt. Lawrence A. Barrett (P) and 1st Lt. R. F. Sullivan (CP) flew more than 100 miles into North Korean airspace to rescue the pilot, 1st Lt. Charles R. Cottrell, Jr., of a downed F-51D Mustang fighter. As they reached the downed pilot, enemy gunners opened fire. Barrett flew the chopper while Sullivan operated the hoist and brought the flier aboard. Still under enemy fire they piloted the helicopter to safety over the Yellow Sea. "Air Resupply & Communications Service" by TSgt. Dale K. Robinson, USAF (ret)  

1953 - January 26; H-5G #48-526, piloted by Harold G. Palmer, was involved in an accident at about 40 miles north of Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5301.html

1953 - January 29; H-19A #51-3895, piloted by Lloyd C. Blanchard, was involved in an accident about 14 miles SW of Westmoreland, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5301.html

1953 - January 31; H-5H #49-1998, piloted by Roy L. Maddox, was involved in an accident at about 7 miles south west of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. No other details available at this time.

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1953 - January 31; H-5H #49-1998, piloted by Roy L. Maddox, was involved in an accident at about 30 miles west of Kenai, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5301.html

1953 - February 12; H-5F #47-488, piloted by William K. Lewis, was involved in an accident at about 7 miles SW of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5302.html

1953 - February 18; H-5G #48-552, piloted by Charles A. Carter, Jr., was involved in an accident at Elmendorf AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5302.html

1953 - February 24; An H-19A of the 581st ARCW, crewed by Joe Barrett (P), Frank Fabijan (CP) and A2C Thomas Thornton (CC) hoisted F4U-4 Corsair pilot Maj. David Cleeland USMC from his near his crashed aircraft. Hovering over Maj. Cleeland he was successfully rescued while F4U and F-80 fighters attacked the North Korean troops who had surrounded him, the helicopter took several hits, one wounding A2C Thornton in the hand. "Apollp's Warriors" by: Col. Michael E. Haas & http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_date.htm

1953 - February 28; Third Air Rescue Group received two new and larger H-19 helicopters. MATS C-124's had flown the dismantled helicopters directly from the factory in the US to Japan, where they were assembled and test-flown before being ferried to Korea. Air Force Magazine

1953 - February 28; A USAF helicopter piloted by Lt. Jessee E. Lewis, rescue a 23 year old woman, Daryl Winans, who suffered multiple fractures of her right leg in a ski fall near a resort hotel in northern Japan. The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, MI.) 28 Feb. 1953

1953 - March 03; A USAF helicopter piloted by Capt. Owen T. Clark rescued the pilot, Capt. George H. Keller, and two crewmembers, MSgt. Donald M. Smith and Cpl. Thomas R. Herser, after they had ditched their AD-2 Skyraider, off a North Korean beach, after it developed engine trouble. Anderson Daily Bulletin (Anderson, IN.) 5 Mar. 1953, Thu., page 30

1953 - March 06; H-5D #43-46658, piloted by Ivan F. Crockett, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5303.html

1953 - March 12; H-5D #43-46656, piloted by Theodore E. Krumm, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5303.html

1953 - March 18; H-19's, one crewed by 1st Lt. George R. Bumford, along with SA-16's and SC-47 aircraft of the 33rd ARSq. rescued survivors of the Japanese ship Ryosho Maru, which had run aground on the small island of Tori Shima near Okanawa. ARS personnel, aided by U.S. Army personnel, rescued 31 of the 38 personnel aboard the ill-fated ship. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1953 - March 19; H-19B #51-3897, piloted by Raymnd N. Gottfried, was involved in an accident at Eglin AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5303.html

1953 - March 21; H-5G #48-542, piloted by Leonard W. Kerr, was involved in an accident about 15 miles NW of Osan AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5303.html

1953 - March 31; H-13E #51-14114, piloted by Robert G. Johnson, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5303.html

1953 - April 03; H-19A #51-3863, piloted by Raymond H. Hurn, was involved in an accident at Sewart AFB, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 04; H-19A #51-3850, piloted by Chester E. Eckerman, was involved in an accident at Ch'o Do Island, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 04; H-19A #51-3878, piloted by Clarence Gilles, Jr., was involved in an accident about 1 mile west of Pforring, Germany. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 12; An H-19A helicopter assigned to the 581st ARCW, crewed by 1st Lt. Robert F. Sullivan (P) and Don Crabb (CP) hoisted Capt. Joseph C. McConnell Jr., F-86E pilot with eight victory credits to date, from the Yellow Sea, after he had ejected from his battle-damaged aircraft. Air Force Magazine & "Air Resupply & Communications Service" by TSgt. Dale K. Robinson, USAF (ret)

1953 - April 13; H-13E #51-14143, piloted by Wilber Gates, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 21; H-19B #51-3906, piloted by Bobby Overturf, was involved in an accident about 4 miles SSE of San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at thi3 time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 28; H-5G #48-529, piloted by Charles M. Enderton, was involved in an accident at Seoul, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5304.html

1953 - April 30; An H-19 rescued F-86E Sabre pilot, Capt. Lonnie R. Moore (a future double ace) from the Yellow Sea twenty miles north of Cho-do. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1953 - May 12; H-5G #48-529 was lost due to operations, not enemy action. No other details are available at this time. http://www.dtic.mil/dmmo/korea/reports/air/korwald_afct.htm

1953 - May 16; An H-19A operating from Cho-do Island and crewed by 1st Lt. Frazier C. Foren (P), Capt. Grant M. Bird (CP) and SSgt. Bengel D. Kelley (M), rescued an F-84G pilot, 2nd Lt. Roger A. Daniels, who had ejected from his flak damaged aircraft. The pilot was in the water only thirty seconds. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion & Pacific Stars & Stripes, Sunday May 17, 1954, page 49

1953 - May 16; An H-19A operating from Cho-do Island rescued an F-86 pilot from fifty miles north of Cho-do Island (ninety miles behind enemy lines), late in the afternoon. This pilot was in the water only two minutes. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1953 - May 17; An H-19A operating from Cho-do Island rescued two more F-86F pilots, a Lt. Dorris and the others name is unkn, from within three miles of Cho-do Island, during the day. "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion 

1953 - May 18; An H-19 helicopter, crewed by Capt. LeRoy P. Kohl (P), Capt. Jones Seigler (CP) and SSgt. Doyle P. Neasbitt (MT), rescued two members of a four man B-26 crew, Capt. John E. Walseth, Jr, and Capt. Raymond W. Quesnell, from 20 miles inside enemy territory by using tactics pre-staging those of later conflicts. The helicopters scrambled from its base and flew to a small island of the Haeju Peninsula to await fighters to clear the path to the downed airman. Penetrating enemy territory at 5,000 feet, the helicopter followed the fighter pilot's directions until it located the survivors who were signaling with a mirror and smoke. After the survivors set off a flare to indicate wind direction, the helicopter landed and rescued them, staying on the ground for approximately 30 seconds. This mission foreshadowed how rescues would be performed a decade later in Southeast Asia. Air Force Magazine & "That Others May Live, USAF Air Rescue in Korea" by Forrest L. Marion

1953 - May 26; A USAF helicopter crewed by Maj. James B. Blackburn (P), Capt. John W. Caldwell (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued a F-84 pilot, 2nd Lt. John S. Gaskin from the sea after he abandoned his ground fire damaged aircraft. The helicopter flew 120 miles along the west coast of North Korea to make the rescue under shell fire from Communist shoreline gunners. Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM.) 26 May 1953, page 4

1953 - May 26; H-5G #48-536, piloted by Grant Bird, was involved in an accident at Seoul, Korea. No other details   available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5305.html

1953 - May 28; H-13E #51-14113, piloted by Algin S. Hawkins, was involved in an accident at Garry AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5305.html

1953 - June 05; YH-21 #50-1236, piloted by Vernon C. McKenzie, was involved in an accident at Eglin AFB, FL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5306.html

1953 - June 06; YH-21 #50-1240, piloted by Joseph D. Cooper, was involved in an accident at Bush Field, GA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5306.html

1953 - June 06; H-13 #51-13770, piloted by Thomas J. Borgstrom, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5306.html

1953 - June 10; H-19A #51-3857, piloted by Anthony N. Hutchison, had an engine failure, crashed and was destroyed about 1 mile east of Tachikawa AB, Japan. No other details available at this time.

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1953 - June 10; H-19A #51-3880 was written off after an engine failure. No other details available at this time. http://www.helis.com/database/accidents/?org=133&f2mod=19

1953 - June 10; An Air Force rescue helicopter crashed and sank in the Sea of Japan off the North Korean west coast near Chinampo, but all four crewmen, including A1C Arthur Gillespie, were rescued within half an hour by an Air Force amphibian search plane which landed in choppy waters. The Robesonian, Lumberton, NC. -Thursday, June 11, 1953

1953 - June 18; H-13E #51-13828, piloted by Thurman Lawrence, Jr., was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5306.html

1953 - June 29; A H-19, crew unkn, rescued a F-86F pilot, Maj. Flamm Harper, in less than 20 minutes after he had bailed out of his aircraft over Haeju Peninsula after a strike on a target. The Bakersfield, CA. (Bakersfield, CA.) 1 Jul 1953, Wed. page 1

1953 - July 01; H-13D #51-2530, piloted by Laurence E. Ballantine, was involved in an accident at San Marcos AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 03; H-13E #51-14217, piloted by Eugene G. Sabota, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 08; H-19B #51-3898, piloted by John J. Kelly, was involved in an accident at Furstenfeldbruck AB, Germany. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 10; H-19A #51-3889, piloted by Richard R. Bragg, was involved in an accident at Birchington, England, UK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 15; H-19A #51-3865, piloted by James M Turner, was involved in an accident about 3 miles SW of Napa, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 16; H-5G #48-553, piloted by James H. Stephenson, was involved in an accident at Ernest Harmon AFB, Newfoundland. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 23; H-13E #51-14209, piloted by Addison M. Stockwell, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html

1953 - July 27; An H-19 of the 2157th ARS took Admiral Briscoe to Munsan for the signing ceremony to end most of the fighting in Korea. hhtp://mysite.verizon.net/swanstid/2157hist.html

1953 - July 30; H-19B #51-3896, from Bedford, MA., crewed by Capt. Charles A. Johnson (P), Lt. Francis L. Gasque (CP) and Sgt. Robert Ide (CC) crashed and burned about 8 miles NE of O'Neill, NE, claiming the lives of the crew and 4 passengers, Dr. Gunther Loeser, A2C Donald Eddy and A2C Francis Maper. The helicopter was being used in connection with the Air Force study of upper air turbulence being conducted by the Air Force Research Center at Cambridge, MA. Witnessed said one blade of the central rotor came off in flight and struck the rear balancing rotor.   http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5307.html & The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY) 31 July 1953 page 1 & The Troy Record (Troy, NY.) 31 July 1953, page 1

1953 - August 10; An Air Force helicopter from Wheelus Field, Libya assisted in the rescue of 24 men who had parachuted from their disabled C-119 "Flying Boxcar" over the Libyan desert, about 60 miles southwest of Tripoli, on 08 August 1953. Lubbock Evening Journal, Monday, August 10, 1953, page 1

1953 - August 12; H-19B #51-3914, piloted by Robert C. Christie, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of Lavergne, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 14; H-19B #51-3905, piloted by Charles H. Field, Jr., was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 14; H-19B #51-3913, piloted by Leonard A. Hughes, Jr., was involved in an accident at Donaldson AFB, SC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 14; H-19B #51-3923, piloted by John F. Lipsit, was involved in an accident at Altus AFB, OK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 20; A USAF helicopter rescued four injured hunters, Albert, LeClerc, Wilham Guse, Fred Weiler and Bud Branham, from a 5,500-foot Arctic peak in the Brooks Range, about 80 miles north of Bettles, AK., where a downdraft had dashed their twin engine plane. One with back injuries was taken to Bettles, AK. for treatment and the other three were taken to Fairbanks, AK. No other details are known at this time. The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada) 20 August 1953, page 19

1953 - August 22; H-5H #49-2001, piloted by Bobby C. Liles, was involved in an accident at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 23; H-19A #51-3858, piloted by Jacob J. Quintis, was involved in an accident about 3 miles NW of Pusan-East AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 28; H-5D #43-46654, piloted by Lynden E. Thomason, was involved in an accident about 5 miles north of Luke AFB, AZ. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5308.html

1953 - August 29; EH-23B #51-16146, piloted by Donald F. Berner, was involved in an accident at Clayton, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5408.html

1953 - August 29; A USAF helicopter from Luke AFB, AZ., rescued a F-84 Thunderjet student pilot, 2nd Lt. Don A. McMillian, after he had crashed landed his aircraft in a cotton field. After the helicopter picked him up it developed mechanical trouble in takeoff and it crashed from five feet in the air. No other details are known at this time. The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA.) 29 Aug. 1953, page 1

1953 - September 02; At the Dayton Air Show, USAF Capt. Russell M. Dobyns flew a Piasecki YH-21-PH to an altitude of 22,110 feet, setting a Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FA) World Record for Altitude Without Payload for reciprocating-engine helicopters. This record still stands. Boneyard Safari FaceBook post, 02 Sept. 2014

1953 - September 04; At Vandalia, OH., USAF Capt. Russell M. Dobyns flew a Piasecki YH-21-PH over a 3-Kilometer course. Making four passes, two in each direction, he averaged 146.76 miles per hour setting a speed record over a 3 km course, setting a Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FA) World Record for speed for reciprocating-engine helicopters. Boneyard Safari FaceBook post, 02 Sept. 2014

1953 - September 07; A USAF helicopter piloted by Maj. Jack Thornton of the 74th Rescue Squadron medevac'd a stroke victim, John M. Bradford from the tiny village of Kaitag and flown to Nome, AK. No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK) 9 Sept. 1953, page 9

1953 - September 09; H-19B #51-3948, piloted by Joseph M. Cravens, Jr., was involved in an accident at Shaw AFB, SC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5309.html

1953 - September 10; H-13E #51-14209, piloted by John T. Stansfield, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5309.html

1953 - September 10; An Air Force helicopter, from Luke AFB, AZ., rescued seven crew members from a KC-97 that had parachuted into a sandy desert wasteland near the ghost town of Sundad, AZ., from their aircraft after it was involved in a mid-air collision with a B-47. Rescued crew members were 1st. Lt. John Mead, Capt. Gene Bond, SSgt. John M. Thompson, A2C J. E. Kozel, A2C W. G. Carroll, SSgt. D. C. Cameron, A1C Frederick Adamus and SSgt. Joel B. Cook. Tucson Daily Citizen, Friday Evening, September 11, 1953, page 5 & The Iola Register (Iola, KS.) 10 Sep 1953, Thu., page 1

1953 - September 15; H-13E #51-14227, piloted by Bobby Overturf, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5309.html

1953 - September 17; Two YH-21, crewed by Maj. Clarence E. Hoke (Nav), Capt. Raymond Gottfried (P) , and unkn others, helicopters arrived at Thule, Greenland, completing a 4,050 mile history making flight that had begun at Eglin AFB, FL. on 17 August 1953. Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA.) 17 Sep 1953, pages 1 & 34

1953 - October 16; H-19B #51-3924, piloted by Joseph E. Barrett, was involved in an accident about 10 miles east of Sewart AFB, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5310.html

1953 - October 20; H-5H #49-1996, piloted by 1st Lt. Buel E. Francis, was involved in an accident at Maxwell AFB, AL. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5310.html

1953 - October 27; H-13B #51-13965, piloted by James H. Ozier, was involved in an accident at Eniwetok AFB, Marshall Islands. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5310.html

1953 - October 30; H-13E #51-14140, piloted by Robert C. Foster, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5310.html

1953 - October 30; H-13E #51-14143, piloted by Hugh S. Morton, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5310.html

1953 - November 10; H-5D #43-46656, piloted by Lynden E. Thomason, was involved in an accident about 15 miles SW of Wickenburg, AZ. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5311html

1953 - November 10; H-19B #51-3936, piloted by Donald A. Vavra, was involved in an accident about 4 miles SE of Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5311html

1953 - November 17; YH-21 #50-1240, crewed by Capt. Raymond N. Gottfried (P), Capt. Edward E. Burks (CP), TSgt. Clay H. Danner (FM) and SSgt. Philip E. Moore (FM), was involved in an accident at Thule AB, Greenland, killing the four crew members. This helicopter was one of two that had left Eglin AFB, FL. for test under Arctic conditions and was in the last stages of operational durability tests when it crashed.

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1953 - November 20; H-13E #51-13750, piloted by Garland B. King, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5311html

1953 - November 20; H-13E #51-13828, piloted by David E. Rosengrants, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5311html

1953 - November 30; H-19A #51-3868, piloted by Richard C. Kirkland, was involved in an accident at March AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5311html

1953 - December 14; H-5D #43-46647, piloted by Karl R. Marzluf, was involved in an accident at Ellington AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html

1953 - December 15; H-19A #51-3873, piloted by Wayne A. Howard, was involved in an accident at Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html

1953 - December 17; H-13E #51-14140, piloted by Claude L. Razey, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html

1953 - December 17; H-23B #51-16266, piloted by Robert P. Mace, was involved in an accident about 3 miles ENE of Ray City, GA. This crash occured at the helicopter was returning to Moody AFB, GA. from the scene of a T-33 jet near Nashville, GA. The helicopter dropped to earth and topled over. Moody authorities said the helicopter occupants were on 'shaken up' but only suffered from shock and burises. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html & Panama City News-Herald (Panama City, FL.), Fri, Dec. 18 1953, page 1

1953 - December 23; H-21C #52-8620, piloted by William J. Cox, was involved in an accident about 2 miles north of Swedesboro, NJ. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html

1953 - December 30; H-19A #51-3885, piloted by George P. Gaffney, was involved in an accident at Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1953/5312html

1954 - January 12; A troop-carrier USAF helicopter has been landing off and on near the Byron, MN. village. The explanation is simple, according to Rube Wondrasch, proprietor of Rube's Gas Station where the big "Whirly Bird" sits down. It's all a matter of coffee. The helicopter is used to track weather balloons released at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The crew of four or five men flies ahead of the balloon befoe landing. Then while one of the men watches the balloon from the ground, the others have coffee at his station. Wondrasch reports the latest "coffee break" was Tuesday morning. The Air Force at the Twin Cities airport wouldn't go into details about the flight. All weather information is classified, a spokesman said. The Oil City Derrick (Oil City, PA.) 14 Jan 1954, page 5

1954 - January 14; A USAF, crewed by Capt. Billy Sayers (P), Lt. Harold Cooley (CP) and unkn others, rescued sick and injured from Austria's avalanche-stricken "Valley of Death" at the village Blons, landing on a 30-foot square stamped out by the boots of rescue workers on a 20-30 angle hillside. Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, TX.) 14 Jan 1954, Thur, page 1 & 10

1954 - January 15; H-19B #52-7510, crewed by Capt. William G. McKee (P) and 2nd Lt. H. E. Cooley (CP), was involved in an accident at Blons, Austria. The helicopter nose dived into avalanche drifts and crashed, the crew was not injured. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5401.html & The Daily Republican (Monongahela, PA.) Friday, Jan. 15, 1954

1954 - January 16; H-13E #51-14224, crewed by William C. McCluskey, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5401.html

1954 - January 18; A USAF helicopter rescued two fishermen, Joseph Jasinski and his 12 year old son Joseph Jasinski, Jr. from Fighting Island in the Detroit River where they had spent the night in 6 degree cold where they had become trapped by high winds and breaking ice. The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, MI.) Tue. Jan. 19, 1954, page 1

1954 - January 24; H-19B #51-3901, piloted by James K. Broyles, was involved in an accident at Ludisch, Austria. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5401.html

1954 - January 29; A USAF helicopter from McChord AFB, WA., crewed by Capt. H. F. Palmer (P) and Lt. James Rogers, hovered over the snowbound Garland Mineral Springs church camp where several Boy Scouts were reportly snowbound. Lt. Roger descended by ladder to discover the Boy Scouts had left before the heavy snowfall and that only minister, his wife, 8-year old daughter and 3 year-old son were the only ones there and that they were safe and in good spirits. Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV.) 30 Jan. 1954, page 1

1954 - February 07; An USAF helicopter along with a bush pilot rescued six survivors of a C-47 that had crashed near Mt. McKinley taking two to Talkeetna, AK., and four to Curry, AK. No other details are known at this time. Panama City News-Herald (Panama City, FL.) 8 Feb. 1954, page 1

1954 - February 08; H-19B #52-7504, piloted by Vernon B. Greenwood, was involved in an accident about 12 miles SW of Ain Leuh, French Morocco. No other details available at this time.

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1954 - February 09; YH-21 #50-1241, crewed by Lt. Everett M. Ellis (P) and Capt. Edward P. Dickson, reportedly heavily laden with gasoline blew up about 6 miles SW of Ville Trois Pistoles, Quebec, Canada while in a flight of four helicopters on a flight from Quebec City to Goose Bay, Labrador, killing both crew members and William M. Blenkin a civilian representative of Piasecki Helicopters.  http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5402.html & Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA.) Thur, Feb. 11, 1954, page 2 & The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.) Wed. Feb. 10, 1954, page 4

1954 - February 12; YH-18A 49-2888 from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH., crewed by Capt. Donald F. Berner, was involved in an accident about 18 milse north of Fairborn, OH. The helicopter had an engine failure and settled down gradually, damaging only the undercarriage. No one was injured in the incident. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5402.html & The Daily Times (New Philadelphia, OH.), Sat, Feb 13, 1954, page 10

1954 - February 16; A USAF helicopter from Olmsted AFB, PA., rescued Paul Pickel from a heavily wooded Three Mile Island near the Dauphin-Lancaster county line. No other details are known at this time. Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA.) 16 Feb. 1954, page 1

1954 - February 24; H-19A #51-3886, piloted by Raymond A. Lowery, was involved in an accident at Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5402.html

1954 - February 25; H-19B #51-3959, piloted by Joseph C. Lach, Jr., was involved in an accident at Camp Maisuri, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5402.html

1954 - March 03; H-5G #48-554, piloted by Robert D. Prince, was involved in an accident at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5403.html

1954 - March 03; H-19A #51-3849, piloted by Stanley Smilowitz, was involved in an accident at Narsarssuak AB, Greenland. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5403.html

1954 - March 15; HQ. ARS completed a move from Washington, DC to Orlando, AFB, FL. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1954 - March 16; H-19B #51-3899, piloted by Alvin B. Gale, was involved in an accident at Goose Bay, Labrador. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5403.html

1954 - March 19; H-19B #51-3909, piloted by Carl H. Stefferud, was involved in an accident about 25 miles north of Seville, Spain. No other details available at this time. Accident report

1954 - April 03; An SH-19 of the 56th ARS from Sidi Slimane, French Morocco, piloted by 1st Lt. William Mayfield, rescued, by hoist, 18 passengers  and crewmen from the deck of the Swedish freighter "Dalsland" that had ran aground on a rocky reef about 200 yards from shore near the Casablanca harbor. Galesburg Registere-Mail (Galesburg, IL.) 3 Apr. 1954, Sat., page 1 & The Independent Record (Hlena, MT.) 3 Apr. 1954, page 1 &

 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1954 - April 15; H-13E #51-14225, piloted by Robert L. Dunlap, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5404.html

1954 - April 15; H-19A #51-3861, piloted by George T. Perkins, was involved in an accident and written off at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5404.html

1954 - April 19; H-19B #51-3909, piloted by Carl H. Stefferud, was involved in an accident at Goose Bay, Labrador. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5404.html

1954 - April 26; H-19B #52-7499, piloted by Warner A. Britton, was involved in an accident at Doulaincourt, France. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5404.html

1954 - May 10; A USAF helicopter from the 74th Air Rescue Squadron piloted by Capt. Ralph Searle, landed at the 7,500 foot level of Mt. McKinley to rescue Mr. & Mrs. Dick Collins who had been stranded for four days after their aircraft had crashed as he was attempting a landing. The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL.) 11 May 1954, page 1

1954 - May 17; YH-21 #50-1245, piloted by August Vincenzi, was involved in an accident about 9 miles NE of Edwards AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5405.html

1954 - May 19; H-19B #52-7534, piloted by Roland J. Quinn, was involved in an accident at Albuquerque, NM. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5405.html

1954 - May 20; OH-13H #53-3800, piloted by Lester T. Hansen, was involved in an accident about 3 miles east of Niagra Falls, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5405.html

1954 - May 25; H-13D #51-2463, piloted by Howard D. Armstrong, was involved in an accident about 1 mile SW of Thompson Aux. Field, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5405.html

1954 - June 01; A USAF helicopter from the 74th Rescue Squadron, piloted by Capt. Ralph Searle, rescued an injured mountain climber, Pfc George Angus, who had been injured in a fall on May 16, 1954, from the 6,500 foot level. Mt. Vernon Register-News (Mt. Vernon, IL.) 1 June 1954, Tue., page 1

1954 - June 02; H-19A #51-3881, piloted by Leroy P. Kohl, was involved in an accident at Hamilton AFB, CA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 03; H-19B #52-7500, crewed by 1st Lt. St. Clair McKellway, Jr. (P) 1st Lt. Dale F. Ellis (CP), A2C Donald A. Anderson (FM) and A2C George P. Prementine, was involved in an accident about 3 miles SW of La Testa, France. The four on the helicopter were killed in the crash. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 10; H-5F #47-488, piloted by Paul E. Kimberling, was involved in an accident at Anchorage, AK. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 12; H-19B #51-3951, piloted by Gilbert O. Eisermann, was involved in an accident about 9 miles NW of Johnson City, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 14; H-23B #51-16239, piloted by Morris C. Tyson, was involved in an accident at Robins AFB, GA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 15; H-19B #52-7513, piloted by John L. Wilkinson, was involved in an accident at Buckley NAS, CO. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 16; H-19B #54-4454 was assigned to the 917th FTD at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon.  The aircraft was on final to the landing pad and experienced internal engine failure and rolled over during the landing attempt.

1954 - June 22; H-19A #51-3879, piloted by Willis R. Kusy, was involved in an accident about 1 mile NE of Manston RAF, England. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 25; H-5G #48-554, piloted by Robert E. Caine, was involved in an accident at Narsarssuak AB, Greenland. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 26; OH-13G #53-3787, piloted by William A. Hughes, was involved in an accident at Yuma County Airport, AZ. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 27 - July 01; 13 H-19's from the 3585th Pilot Training Wing at Gary AFB, TX. along with 25 pilots, and 17 mechanics with Maj. William M. Hughes directing their humanitarian airlift operations to provide rescue and relief efforts from flash flooding along tributaries of the Rio Grande, Devil's Rivers and Johnson's Creek in both Texas and Mexico, caused by rainfall of over 8 inches in a 24 hour period. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1954 - June 28; H-19A #51-3892, piloted by George R. Burford, was involved in an accident at Yonton AB, Okinawa. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - June 29; A USAF helicopter rescued the pilot of a wrecked aircraft that had crashed on June 27, 1954 in the desolate mountains north of Anchorage, AK. No other details are known at this time. Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, MI.) 30 June 1954, page 9

1954 - June 30; H-13D #51-2529, piloted by Bud Wallace, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5406.html

1954 - July 16; H-19B #51-3917, piloted by Victor Goudey, was involved in an accident about 2 miles SW of Eastville, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - July 20; H-19B #51-3962, piloted by Alfred R. Norby, was involved in an accident at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, MN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - July 21; H-19A #51-3890, piloted by Edward H. Frost, was involved in an accident at Manston RAF, England. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - July 21; H-19B #51-3919, piloted by Francis Yirrell, was involved in an accident at Sikorsky Airport, CT. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - July 26; H-19B #51-3967, piloted by George T. Perkins, was involved in an accident at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - July 28; H-19B #52-7482, crewed by Lt. Stanley Wright, Jr. (P), Capt. Julian McDonoughy Kidwell (CP), A1C Vernon Elmer Cranmer (FM), unkn (MT), Lt. Col. Joyce A. Albert (FS) and one other unkn, were killed when their helicopter crashed about 5 miles southeast of Suwon AB, Korea while on a search mission for the crew of a crashed F-94 fighter. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5407.html

1954 - August 01; A USAF helicopter from the 42nd Air Rescue Squadron at March AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. James H. Devlin (P), 1st Lt. George E. Ashcraft (CP) and A2C James L. McMurtry (FM), rescued two survivors of a private plane that had made a forced landing on Lake Elsinore, CA. and three others that had attempted to rescue them but had become stuck in the salt, mud and slime of the lake.

1954 - August 06; H-19B #52-7532, piloted by William C. Emrie, was involved in an accident at the University Of Minnesota Airport, MN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5408.html

1954 - August 13; H-19B #52-7481, piloted by Richard D. Ledoux, was involved in an accident at Seoul AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5408.html

1954 - August 16; H-19B #51-3914, piloted by Harlan K. Morrissey, was involved in an accident about 4 miles NW of the Smyrna Airport, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5408.html

1954 - August 20; H-5H #48-549, piloted by William E. Zins, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5408.html

1954 - September 07; H-13E #51-14230, piloted by John Fogarty, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5409.html

1954 - September 22; H-19B #52-7526 of the 42nd ARS of March AFB, CA., piloted by Lewis Griffith and co-pilot, James H. Devlin was involved in an accident about 14 miles NE of Norton AFB, CA., while on a search and rescue mission for the crew of a USAF C-82 transport that had crased. Both Capt. Griffith and Capt. Devlin received head injuries during the crash. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5409.html & The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) Thursday September 23 1954, page 1

1954 - September 23; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Chester E. Eckerman (P) and Lt. Lamar G. Tullos (CP) rescued the pilot, Lt. Gilbert McAdams, of a USAF fighter about 90 seconds after he touched down in the desert and returned him to nearby George AFB, CA. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.) 24 Sep. 1954, page 36

1954 - September 26; H-19B #52-7487, was damaged along with several other aircraft when a C-47 crashed into them while they were parked on the ramp at Ashiya AB, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5409.html

1954 - October 06; H-19B #53-4418, crewed by 1st Lt. George L. Parker (P) and 1st Lt. Julius C. Guinn (CP) and three others smashed into a cow pasture while heavy winds from a line of squalls, raked the area, about 4 miles west of Alexandria, LA., killing all on board. Killed in addition to the pilot and co-pilot were Maj. Larkin L. Jackson, Capt. John T. Donohue and Capt. Warren S. Steinke. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI.) 8 Oct. 1954, page 3  & http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5410.html

1954 - October 08; H-19A #51-3877, piloted by Roy T. Pryor, was involved in an accident at Camp O'Donnell, PI. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5410.html

1954 - October 10; A USAF H-13, piloted by Capt. A. P. Betti, crashed during an air show demonstration at Ft. Knox, KY., disguised as an aerial clown, the pilot on received a few bruises. Long Beach Independent (Long Beach, CA.) 11 Oct. 1954, page 2

1954 - October 20; OH-13G #53-3797, piloted by William L. Ford, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5410.html

1954 - October 22; H-19B #53-4429, piloted by Frederick H. Goessel, was involved in an accident at Donaldson AFB, SC. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5410.html

1954 - October 25; H-19B #52-7525, piloted by Kenneth M. Richardson, was involved in an accident at Westover AFB, MA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5410.html

1954 - November 09; H-5H #48-549, piloted by Donald F. Berner, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5411.html

1954 - November 10; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued the pilot of a USN Panther jet fighter, Lt. John F. Sande, after his aircraft had an engine flame out and he ejected near Karasuyama, Japan, about 100 miles north of Tokyo. No other details available at this time. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.) Wed, Nov 10, 1954, Page 13

1954 - November 26; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Paul L. Park (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued Ronald Murton, 22, and English scientist who was aboard the English lightship "South Goodwin" that was untended and half sunk during storms in the English Channel. No other details available at this time. Waukesha Daily Freeman (Waukesha, WI.) Fri, Nov 26, 1954, Page 23

1954 - November 30; H-5D #43-46649, piloted by George H. Pfeiffer, was involved in an accident at Moody AFB, GA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1954/5411.html

1954 - December 02; An Air Force helicopter from Westover Air Force Base piloted by Lt. Kenneth M. Richardson, rescued five survivors of a Northeast Airlines plane that had crashed atop snow-covered Mt. Sussess on November 30, 1954. The Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) - Thursday December 2, 1954, page 1

1954 - December 03; An Air Force helicopter crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued a Pasadena, TX., duck hunter, Edward Bass, 24, who had been stranded for 18 hours on a mud flat in San Jacinto Bay. No other details are known at this time. Lubbock Morning Avalanche (Lubbock, TX), Fri, Dec 3, 1954, Page 14

1955 - January 03; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued five people from a life raft when their twin engine chartered plane ditched in the choppy Molokai Channel between the islands of Oahu and Molokai, HI. No other details are available at this time. The Daily Herald (Provo, UT.), Wed, Jan 5, 1955, Page 12

1955 - January 05; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued Japanese from the roofs of their floating homes in raging floods that overran Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. No other details are available at this time. The Bakersfield Californian (Bakersfield, CA.) Tue, Jul 5, 1955, Page 1

1955 - January 14; H-5H #49-2008, piloted by Sidney A. Gansman was involved in an accident at Vandermier, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5501.html

1955 - January 27; H-5G #48-532 piloted by Chester A. Walter was involved in an accident at Robins AFB, GA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5501.html

1955 - January 28; H-19B #51-3953 piloted by James B. Lesueur was involved in an accident at Walker AAF, VA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5501.html

1955 - January 29; H-19A #51-3895 piloted by Talmage W. Cobb was involved in an accident at Salton Sea Test Base, CA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5501.html

1955 - January 31; H-19B #52-7525 piloted by Lloyd E. Williams was involved in an accident at Westover AFB, MA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5501.html

1955 - February 17; H-19B #53-4406 piloted by Dean E. Martin was involved in an accident at about 3 miles east of Mud Butte, SD. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5502.html

1955 - February 21; H-21A #51-15261 crewed by Capt. William B. Evans (IP), 2nd Lt. William Pinkerton (CP) and 2nd Lt. Lyle K. Fuller (CP) was involved in an accident at about 6 miles NW of San Marcos, TX. The three crewmembers were killed in the crash. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5502.html & The Daily Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), Tue, Feb 22, 1955, page 1

1955 - February 22; An Air Force helicopter piloted by 1st Lt. Dean E. Martin, crashed near Mud Butte, SD., killing one passanger, while on a mission to deliver guards to the crash site of a F-86. No other details are available at this time. The Black Hills Weekly (Deadwood, South Dakota) Wed, Feb 23, 1955, Page 4

1955 - February 27; H-19B #53-4432 piloted by Roger N. Andereson was involved in an accident at Sewart AFB, TN. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5502.html

1955 - March 02; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued two crewmen of a T-33 after they ejected from their aircraft when it had a mid-air collision with a small propeller aircraft about 10 miles east of Monticello, AR. No other details are available at this time. The Courier News (Blytheville, AR.), Wed, Mar 2, 1955, Page 1

1955 - March 07; H-19B #51-3967 piloted by Preston E. Bradley, was involved in an accident at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall, IS. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5503.html

1955 - March 09; H-19B #52-7493 from the 84th ARS at Rhine Main Air Base near Frankfurt, crewed by Charles R. Troppman (P), Maj. John C. Ziegler (CP), SSgt. Freddie Ramirez (FM) and A1C Jay A. Madarik (FM) crashed, killing all four, about 10 minutes after taking off from Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base for its base in Frankfrut on a routine training flight. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5504.html & The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania Sat, Mar 12, 1955, page 7 & Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois) Sat, Mar 12, 1955, page 4 & The Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) Mon, Mar 14, 1955, page 1 & The Plain Speaker (Haleton, Pennsylvania) Mon, Mar 14, 1955, page 12

1955 - March 12; A USAF helicopter from Wurtsmith AFB, MI., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued three fishermen and a Coast Guard crew member from a Coast Guard boat that was under tow and floundering in the icy waters of Saginaw Bay. No other details are available at this time. The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY.), Sun, Mar 13, 1955, Page 46

1955 - March 27; Two USAF helicopter from Shaw AFB, SC., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), worked all night and rescued ninety three fishermen from islands, stumps and log jams in wind-buffeted Lake Marion. This was believed to have set an all-time record for helicopter rescues by the Air Force. No other details are available at this time. Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX.), Mon, Mar 28, 1955, Page 2

1955 - April 10; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), rescued Jack La Rocque from the clearing where his single-engine aircraft had crashed on April 09, 1955. No other details are available at this time. Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA.) Mon, Apr 11, 1955, Page 6

1955 - April 18; OH-13G #53-3792 piloted by Louis F. Sparrow was involved in an accident at Coonamessett Airport, MA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5504.html

1955 - April 19; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. James Nolan (P), Lt. James Wells (CP), unkn (FM), braved darkness and snow showers to rescued a seriously injured pilot, nurse and child from the scene of their plane crash on the frozen Yukon River in AK. No other details available at this time. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR.), Wed, Apr 20, 1955, Page 1

1955 - April 22; H-13E #51-14219 piloted by Bert F. Ingels, was involved in an accident about 3 miles WNW of San Marcos, TX., MA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5504.html

1955 - April 27; H-13E #51-14211 piloted by Thomas H. Courtney was involved in an accident about 5 miles NW of San Marcos, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5504.html

1955 - April 27; H-19B #51-3930 piloted by Charles A. Smith was involved in an accident about 3 miles NE of San Marcos, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5504.html

1955 - May 12; H-19B #53-4419 piloted by Herbert L. Walker, Jr., was involved in an accident about 5 miles NW of Honeyville, UT. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5505.html

1955 - May 25; H-19B #52-7554 piloted by Frank C. Fox, was involved in an accident at Sembach AB, Germany. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5505.html

1955 - June 01; H-19B #52-7519 from Eglin AFB, FL. piloted by Thomas A. Wright was damaged when it rolled on its side during a forced landing in Johnson's pasture about 4 miles NE of Crestview, FL. The four occupants were not injured and the H-19 was repaired and returned to service. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _aircraft_at_Eglin_Air_Force_Base

1955 - June 03; H-19B #51-3935 piloted by Robert L. Dunlap, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 12; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) and Howard C. Griffus (PJ), rescued 2nd Lt. Elvon Anderson (CP) of an F-89 after he had been ordered to eject from his aircraft that was having engine problems. He spent 90 minutes in the frigid waters of an Alaskan inlet before he was rescued. The PJ, Griffus, parachuted into the water to hook Lt. Anderson to the rescue device, but they were not able to hoist Lt. Anderson into the helicopter and had to fly to land with Lt. Anderson dangling below in the cold air. Meanwhile another helicopter picked up PJ Griffus, who was in distress himself by that time. The pilot of the F-89 was able to safely land the aircraft. No other details are available at this time. The Daily Plainsman (Huron, SD.), Mon, Jun 13, 1955, Page 1

1955 - June 14; H-19A #51-3871 piloted by Edmund W. Fischbeck, was involved in an accident at Kimpo AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 22; H-19B #51-3913 piloted by Morris J. Lanigan, was involved in an accident about 22 miles SE of Ft. McMurray, Newfoundland. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 22; H-19B #51-8970 piloted by William M. Clay, was involved in an accident at Showa, Japan. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 24; H-13E #51-14216 piloted by William C. Loague, was involved in an accident at Bryan AFB, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 27; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) and Howard C. Griffus (PJ), rescued two badly dehydrated men, Lyle W. Robertson, 49, and Chester R. Bunker, 67, from a four man jeep excursion on the burning Mojave Desert. Of the other two men, James R. Thompson, 70, was reported dead and Calvert Wilson, 45, was missing and given scant chance of surviving in the 120 degree heat. No other details are available at this time. The Logan Daily News (Huron, SD.), Mon, Jun 13, 1955, Page 1

1955 - June 27; H-19B #52-7586 piloted by Robert E. DeVaughn, was involved in an accident at Fairchild AFB, WA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 29; H-13E #51-13774 piloted by Dick J. Maznio, was involved in an accident about 1 mile SW of Wimbley, TX. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - June 29; H-19B #52-7530 piloted by Lunsford W. Vinson, Jr., was involved in an accident at Sidi Slimane AB, French Morocco. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5506.html

1955 - July 02; OH-13G #53-3799 piloted by Matthew Scott, Jr., was involved in an accident about 3 miles north of Palm Beach AFB, FL. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 08; H-13D #51-2529 piloted by John R. Calhoun, was involved in an accident at Gary AFB, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 09; OH-13G #53-3788 piloted by Arnold G. Greene, was involved in an accident at Aroostook, ME. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 14; A USAF helicopter from Selfridge AFB, MI., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued Lt. Ronald L. Legner from Lake Huron after he had ejected from his jet and parachuted into the water. No other details are available at this time. Joplin Globe (Joplin, MO.), Thu, Jul 14, 1955, Page 6

1955 - July 15; H-19B #52-7483 piloted by Ben L. McQuillen, was involved in an accident about 5 miles NNE of Suwon AB, Korea. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 22; H-21A #51-15241 piloted by Charles N. McAllister, was involved in an accident at Tatalina, AK. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 26; H-19B #51-3942 piloted by James L. Lasueur, Jr., was involved in an accident about 3 miles ESE of Langley, VA. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5507.html

1955 - July 30; A USAF helicopter from the 44th ARS at Lowry AFB, CO., crewed by Capt. John R. Wilkinson (P), Capt. James V. Belyea (CP), Lt. Stewart Schneck (FS) and unkn (FM), rescued Mrs. Laura Beckman, 52, from the Eston Dude Ranch in the Big Horn Mountains about 30 miles southwest of Sheridan, WY. Mrs. Beckman had been in a coma, suffering from a skull fracture she received in a fall at the Dude Ranch on July 28, 1955. No other details are available at this time. Greeley Daily Tribune (Greely, CO.), Sat, Jul 30, 1955, Page 1

1955 - August 05; H-21B #51-15878 piloted by Thomas R. Schar, was involved in an accident at Sewart AFB, TN. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5508.html

1955 - August 06; H-19B #51-3966 piloted by John R. Flitter, was involved in an accident about 2 miles NE of Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall IS. No other details are available at this time.

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1955 - August 16; A USAF helicopter from Olmstead AFB, PA., crewed by Capt. Victor Goudy (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), spotted the wreckage and three victims, Arthur Yates, 41, Dale Hess, 27, and Joseph Sipple, 23, of a small plane crash in thickly-wooded mountains about seven miles northeast of White Haven, PA. No other details are available at this time. The Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA.) Fri, Aug 17, 1956, Page 3

1955 - August 16; A USAF helicopter from the 48th Air Rescue Squadron at Eglin AFB, FL., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued a F-86K pilot after he had ejected from his disabled aircraft about one and a half miles north of Holt, FL.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _aircraft_at_Eglin_Air_Force_Base

1955 - August 17; H-13E #51-14224 piloted by Robert J. Carlson, was involved in an accident at Cary AFB, TX. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5508.html

1955 - August 17; H-19B #52-7563 piloted by Charles H. Weidner, was involved in an accident about 4 miles SE of Panama City, FL. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5508.html

1955 - August 18 - September 02; Six H-19's, two H-21's, one H-5 and one H-13 of the 46th, 48th and 49th Air Rescue Squadrons participated in humanitarian airlift operations to provide rescue and relief efforts to the victims of Hurricane Diane which struck North Carolina on 17 August. 1955. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1955 - August 20; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Lt. James Wells (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), rescued nearly 100 people trapped in their homes in the south side of flood-ravaged Scranton, PA. No other details available at this time. The Post-Standard )+(Syracuse, NY.), Sat, Aug 20, 1955, Page 1

1955 - August 20; Two USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), rescued three soldiers, Pvt. Dwight W. James, Cpl. Daniel A. Murphy and Cpl. James F. Boyd, clinging to their capsized boat in the chilly waters on the Knik arm of Cook inlet, AK. No other details available at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Mi8ner (Fairbanks, AK.), Mon, Aug 22, 1955, Page 10

1955 - August 25; H-19B #52-7497 piloted by Jabish H. Woodward, III, was involved in an accident at Kimpo AB, Korea. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5508.html

1955 - August 30; H-21A #51-15251 piloted by William K. Willard, was involved in an accident at Hopedale, Labrador. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5508.html

1955 - September 09; Three USAF helicopters, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued 28 men from a Danish ship, "Jopeter" from their icebound vessel that was stranded in the ice pack north of Shannon Island on Greenland's northeast coast. No other details are available at this time. Long Beach Independent (Long Beach, CA.), Sat, Sep 10, 1955, Page 10

1955 - September 16; Three USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued 28 men from a Danish ship, "Jopeter" from their icebound vessel that was stranded in the ice pack north of Shannon Island on Greenland’s northeast coast. No other details are available at this time. Long Beach Independent (Long Beach, CA.), Sat, Sep 10, 1955, Page 10

1955 - September 26; OH-13G #53-3791 piloted by Edward G. Angel, was involved in an accident at Niagara Falls Airport, NY. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5509.html

1955 - September 29; H-21B #51-15864 crewed by Richard N. Lanzendorf (P) and Lt. John E. Mentzer (CP), was involved in an accident about 4 miles SE of Caldwood, TN. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5509.html

1955 - September 30; H-19B #51-3937 piloted by John J. Jamison, was involved in an accident at Nellis AFB, NV. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5509.html

1955 - October 01; The 2157th ARS took over the rescue detachment at Tainan AB, Taiwan, using H-19B #52-7481. The element consisted of two pilots, one crew chief, one aircraft mechanic and one aeromedic. hhtp://mysite.verizon.net/swanstid/2157hist.html

1955 - October 14; EH-5H #48-549 piloted by Louis W. Baker, was involved in an accident at Wright-Patterson AFB.  OH. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5510.html

1955 - October 14; A USAF helicopter from Albrook Field, CZ., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued two men, Richard Pinney, 23, and George Goodman, 25, in the swamp on the Pacific coast of Panama after they had run into bad weather on October 13, 1955, while on their way to Barranquilla, Colombia and ditched their Piper Tri-pacer. No other details are available at this time. The News-Herald (Franklin, PA.), Sat, Oct 15, 1955, page 11

1955 - October 17; H-21A #51-15240 piloted by Fred M. Liebert, was involved in an accident at Moses Point, AK. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5510.html

1955 - October 21; H-19B #51-3953 piloted by John R. Flitter, was involved in an accident at Parry Island, Marshall, IS. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5510.html

1955 - October 23; A USAF helicopter from McChord AFB, WA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued Jeff Hayden, 15, from the north slope of Mt. Rainier. He was on a survival training trip with senior members of the Kent squadron of the Washington Civil Air Patrol when he gashed his right ankle, apparently while chopping wood, and his companions were not able to carry him out. No other details are available at this time. The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA.), Mon, Oct 24, 1955, Page 5

1955 - November 01; A USAF helicopter from George AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Louis Switzer (P), Capt. Richard Strang (CP), A2C Lyman F. Cornelius (CC), rescued two lost hunters, Phillip D. Jocobsen and his wife Peggy Jean, both 19, near the Squint's Ranch in desolate Deep Creek Canyon where they had been lost on a hunting tirp. No other details are available at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), Wed, Nov 02, 1955, Pages 19 & 30

1955 - November 07; SH-19B #52-7528 piloted by Herbert G. Wells, was involved in an accident about 7 miles SW of Thule AB, Greenland. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5511.html

1955 - November 09; H-19B #51-3965 piloted by Albert J. Pikul, was involved in an accident at Enyu Island, Marshall, IS. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5511.html

1955 - November 10; A USAF helicopter from the 71st ARSq, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued Robert L. Matheson, 65, who was stalking coyotes in the Chickaloo Flat district of Turnagain Arm in 10 degree above tempature when he had a eyelid freeze shut. No other details are available at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK), Wed, Nov 11, 1955, Page 2

1955 - November 12; A USAF helicopter from the 71st ARSq, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued three crew members of two F-89D's, Curtis Easton (P) and Lt. Edward D. Rodgers Jr. (RO), Lt. Lloyd Jacobs (P) who had ejected after they had a mid-air collision while engaged in a simulated "dog fight" on November 11, 1955, landing near the native Alaskan village of Tyonek, about 50 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK, and spent the night in near subsero weather using survival gear carried in thier chute packs. Lt. William A. Harnack Jr (RO) on Lt. Lloyd Jacobs aircraft was still missing. No other details are available at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK), Wed, Nov 15, 1955, Page 8

1955 - November 15; A USAF helicopter from the 71st ARSq, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued Wister Williams, his wife Yvonne and their child, Mary Jane, by hoist about a half mile from the Anchorage shores of Cook inlet, after their 16-foot cabin cruiser was caught in a mass of frozen sluch and snow. No other details are available at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK), Wed, Nov 17, 1955, Page 9

1955 - November 15; H-21A #51-15253 piloted by James B. Fortney, was involved in an accident about 29 miles  SE of Goose Bay, Labrador. No other details are available at this time.

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1955 - December 03; H-21A #51-15238, was involved in an accident about 65 miles west of Galena, AK. No other details are available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5512.html

1955 - December 12; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), rescued two families from flooding in the Earlington area, near the Long Acres Race Track, south of Seattle, WA. No other details are available at this time. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR.), Tue, Dec 13, 1955, Page 3

1955 - December 14; H-21B #52-8675, piloted by Arthur W. Lebel, was involved in an accident at Otis AFB, MA. No other details available at this time. http://www.accident-report.com/Yearly/1955/5512.html

1955 - December 22 - 30; H-19's and one H-21 from the 41st ARS at Hamilton AFB, CA., 42nd ARS at March AFB, CA., 43rd ARS at McChord AFB, WA. and 44th ARS at Lowry AFB, CO. with Maj. William M. McDonald as overall commander, provided humanitarian airlift operations to rescue and provide relief to victims of flooding cause by tremendous amounts of rain and snow melt in northern California, southwestern Oregon, and northwestern Nevada. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1955 - December 27; A SH-19 of the 38th ARS, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), hoist-rescued 14 crewmen from the Japanese coastal steamer Tanda Maru, driven aground near Hachinobe in northern Japan in a storm. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1955 - December 30; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued four duck hunters from rushing tides after their 32-foot motor-boat "Able Mable" was wrecked on a ledge in Somes Sound near Southwest Harbor, ME. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.), Sat, Dec 1, 1955, Page 1

1956 - January 05; The sole Piasecki YH-16A #50-1270 prototype breaks up in flight and crashed near Swedesboro, NJ. near the Delaware River. The two test Piasecki pilots, Harold Peterson and George Callaghan were killed. This accident led to the cancellation of the YH-16 and YH-16B development.

http://en.wikipeddia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and Incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1955%E2%80%931959

1956 - January 05; A USAF H-19 from the 41st ARS at Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. John Heller (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), rescued the Gene Scaife family of Garberville, CA. from flooding that isolated the family. No other details are available at this time. Ukiah News (Ukiah, CA.), Thu, Jan 5, 1956, Page 4

1956 - January 05; A USAF helicopter from the 41st ARS at Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by 1st Lt. Warren W. Lull (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), medevac'd Mrs. Ava Violet, who was ill and had been brought from her isolated home at the Morgan ranch at Spy Rock, roughly 100 miles north of Ukiah, CA. to the remote rail station of Dos Rios, to the Mendocino County Hospital. No other details are available at this time. Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA.), Fri, Jan 6, 1956, Page 1

1956 - January 12; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Maj. Malcolm L. Nurnberg (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), sighted the bodies of four missionaries who had been massacred by Auca Indians in the jungles of eastern Ecuador in shallow water along the banks of the rain-swollen Curacay River. No other details are available at this time. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, TX.), Fri, Jan 13, 1956, Page 8

1956 - January 28; A USAF helicopter from Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Lamar Tullis (P) and Lt. Robert Price, crashed while on a flood inspection tour, three miles west of Porterville, near the Tule River. Sheriff's duputies said the chopper struck the ground, climbed to about 100 feet and then fell between two houses. The crew and passengers, Rogers Moore and William Clark escaped unhurt. Long Beach Independent (Long Beach, CA.), Sat, Jan 28, 1956, page 15

1956 - February 16; A USAF helicopter from the 58th ARS at Tripoli, Lebanon, crewed by Capt. Ronald E. Davidson (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM), recovered the bodies of four of the 17 occupants of a Greek Air Force mercy plane that had crashed on the snow-covered peak of Mount Dyrphis, north of Athens. No other details are available at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), Thu, Feb 16, 1956, Page 4

1956 - February 26; A USAF helicopter in Spain, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued three survivors, Col. Claire A. P. Duffie, Sgt. William C. Smith and A1C Walter G. Schroeder, who had spent two bitterly cold nights on a snowbound peak in the Cuadarrama range north of Madrid, Spain, where their transport aircraft had crashed on March 24, 1956. Killed in the crash were Maj. Shelton A. Brannon Jr., Maj. John R. Francis and one unidentified other.  No other details are available at this time. Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX.), Mon, Feb 27, 1956, Page 1

1956 - March 08; A USAF helicopter (probably an H-19) from Eglin AFB, FL, probably crewed by Lt. Col. Walter A. Rosenfield, Jr. (P) and Capt. Carl J. Swanson, rescued Capt. Roy W. Konvolinka of the 3243rd Test Group (Fighters) after he ejected from his disabled F-100A and parachuted into the waters of the Choctawhatchee Bay. http://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_aircraft_accidents_at_Eglin_Air_Force_Base#/1970s 

1956 - March 28; A USAF helicopter from Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. William Knowleton (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued Capt. Richard M. Wickstrom, Capt. Thomas H. Holcomb and SSgt. Oscar J. Dallen from the tiny Ano Nuevo reef island about three quarters of a mile offshore from the San Mateo, CA., coast. They were part of a ten man bomber crew from Castle AFB, CA., undertaking a "survival training" exercise where these three and MSgt. Eugent Gregory set out in a rubber raft to test equipment in the ocean. Strong winds and tides threatened to sweep them out to sea but they were able to paddle for the rocky shores of Ano Nuevo Island where the raft capsized and tossed them into the sea when they approached the island. Two were able to right the raft and make it to shore and one was able to swim to shore, however MSgt. Eugent Gregory drowned.  No other details are available at this time. The Times (San Mateo, CA.), Thu, Mar 29, 1956, Pages 1 & 2

1956 - April 03; An Air Force helicopter, crewed by Maj. Stuart W. Reid (P), crashed into the side of a rocky hill about two miles southwest of Batesville, AR. The pilot walked away from the wreck with only slight injuries. The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO.), Wed, Apr 4, 1956, page 43

1956 - April 08; The 2157th ARS was in-activated with the helicopters going to the new 60th ARS and most of the personnel going to the 39th, with some to the 60th. H-19A's #51-3271, #51-3271, #51-3873, #51-3886, #52-7483 and H-19B's #52-7481, #52-7497, #53-4463 and #53-4464.

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1956 - April 08; A USAF helicopter from the 47th ARS at Ellington AFB, TX., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued Winifred Beauregard who was in need of medical attention from the "Joe M. Junior", a Muchowich deep sea fishing boat in the Gulf Of Mexico about 30 miles southeast of Freeport, TX. No other details are available at this time. The Brazosport Facts (Freeport, TX.), Mon, Apr 9, 1956, Page 1

1956 - April 10; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued Wells Ervin after the twin-engine Grumman he was in crashed five miles short of its destination at Cordova, AK. about 150 miles southeast of Anchorage, AK. No other details are available at this time. Greeley Daily Tribune (Greeley, CO.), Wed, Apr 11, a956, Page 1AK

1956 - April 13; A H-19, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), crashed on the south edge of Kirtland AFB, NM. All five persons aboard excaped injury. The helicopter, on a routine training flight, crashed in a gully about 300 yards from the base control tower during a landing attempt. Air Force officials said the craft was demolished, with wreckage spread about 20 yards in all directions around the helicopter, which was found resting on the left side. Las Vegas Daily Optic (East Las Vegas, NM.), Sat, Apr 14, 1956, page 3

1956 - April 18; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued one survivor from the Japanese fishing ship "Noishiwagi Maru" which had ran aground 100 yards off Cocos Island a mile southwest of Guam. No other details are available at this time. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.), Wed, Apr 18, 1956, Page 10

1956 - April 20; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued three survivors, Capt. John T, Walker, 1st Lt. Lloyd E. Harsh and Lt. Col. John E. Vogt, from two jet fighters that had collided over Cook Inlet, southwest of Anchorage, AK. The fourth crewmember, Capt. Blinn F. Webster was missing. No other details are available at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.), Sat, Apr 21, 1956, page 1

1956 - May 03; A USAF helicopter from the 41st ARS at Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Lamar Tullos (P), Capt. Charles Thompson (CP), A1C Benny Rummage (MT), rescued USN Lt. (j.g.) Newell E. DePuy after he crash landed his single-engine Douglas attack-dive bomber in a farm field about 15 miles southwest of Los Banos, CA.. No other details are available at this time. Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA), Fri, May 4, 1956, Page 1

1956 - May 04; A H-21 from Otis AFB, MA, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) medevac'd Seaman Harold M. Swisher Jr. from the deck of a Texas Tower platform in the Atlantic off Cape Cod after he had been injured by a fall on his ship, the USS Lloyd, that had been standing by the tower and transferred to the tower.  No other details are available at this time. The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, MA), Fri, May 4, 1956, page 1

1956 - May 09; Three USAF helicopters, crews unknown, evacuated 18 people to high ground from the Alaskan town of Aniak due to flooding by the Kuskokwim River. The Sandusky Register (Sandusky, Ohio), Wed, May 9, 1956, Page 18

1956 - May 12; A USAF helicopter, crew unknown, evacuated 75 people from the Alaskan town of Aniak due to increased flooding by the Kuskokwim River. The Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, NH.) Sat, May 12, 1956, Page 1

1956 - May 12; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and A2C Hugh Hobbs (HM), rescued one survivor of a USN helicopter that had crashed about 12 miles off of San Nicolas Island, about 70 miles off of the Southern California coast. A2C Hobbs jumped into the water to rescue the one survivor. Three other crew members on the Navy helicopter had died before they could be rescued. Long Beach Independent (Long Beach, CA.), Sat, May 12, 1956, Page 1 & Press-Courier (Oxnard, CA.) Mon, Dec 31, 1956, Page 12

1956 - May 25; A USAF helicopter from Traux AFB, WI, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued the un-injured pilot of a F-86, Lt. Clyde Jackson, after he crashed landed his disabled aircraft on the William Widmann farm about one third of a mile north of Highway 18 about five miles east of Jefferson, WI.  No other details are available at this time. Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, WI), Fri, May 25, 1956, Page 1

1956 - June 01; A USAF helicopter from Albrook AFB, CZ, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (MT), rescued the lone survivor, Roberto Ovando Ardon, 22, from the site of an Aviateca Airliner crash at the 9,100 foot level on a mountain side. No other details are available at this time. The Odessa American (Odessa, TX.), Fri, Jun 01, Page 19

1956 - June 15; H-21B #52-8690 from Sewart AFB, TN., attached to the Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA., crewed by Lt. Cmdr. E. F. Andersen (P) (from Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado), 1st Lt. H. W. Trall (CP) and Airman J. L. Heine (HM) crashed and sank, at about 10:42 a.m., about 100 yards off the beach in San Diego, CA. South Bay during a test towing of a Navy amphibious base landing craft.  

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1956 - June 22; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Earl A. Thone (P), 1st Lt. Thomas A. Wright (CP), SSgt Henry H. Kirksey (MT) and Capt. Richard A. Salina (FS), rescued Maj. John R. Phillips of the Air Force Operational Test Center who was forced to abandon his Northrop F-89H Scorpion when the engines caught fire on takeoff with the pilot parachuting safely ~1.5 miles offshore over the Choctawhatchee Bay with the aircraft impacting in the bay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of _aircraft_at_Eglin_Air_Force_Base

1956 - June 24; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (MT), rescued a 17 year old fisherman, Richard Thompson, from the isolated wilds of the Uinta Mountains in the White Rock Lake, UT. area after he was injured when his horse threw him into a tree. No other details are available at this time. Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM.0, Tue, June 26, 1956, page 13

1956 - July 09; The 20th Helicopter Sq. was activated at Sewart AFB, TN. and equipped with H-21's.

 http://www.mh-53pavelow.com/documents.20thSOS/history2.pdf

1956 - July 09; The 21st Helicopter Sq. was activated at Donaldson AFB, SC. and equipped with H-21's.

 http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/21st_Special_Operations_Squadron

1956 - July 17; A USAF helicopter in Japan, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued a 13-year-old school boy stranded for 10 hours at Yoshioka village, between two forks of a rain-swollen river. No other details are available at this time. The Courier-Gazette (McKinney, TX.), Tue, Jul 17, 1956, Page 1

1956 - July 26; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued a seven year old girl from the sinking Italian Luxury Liner, the Andera Doria after it had collided with the Swedish Liner S. S. Stockholm in a dense fog, about 70 miles off the Massachusetts coast. No other details are available at this time. Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, TX.), Thu, July 26, 1956, Page 1

1956 - July 28; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), spotted the wreckage of a F-86 and remains of its pilot, Maj. Manuel A. Pidcock, that had crashed after having a mid-air collision with one of the other F-86's in a three ship formation about 165 miles south of Wendover, UT.  No other details are available at this time. The Daily Herald (Provo, UT.), Sun, Jul 29, 1956, Page 8

1956 - August 16; A USAF helicopter from Olmstead AFB, PA., crewed by Capt. Victor Goudy (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), spotted the wreckage and three victims, Arthur Yates, 41, Dale Hess, 27, and Joseph Sipple, 23, of a small plane crash in thickly-wooded mountains about seven miles northeast of White Haven, PA. No other details are available at this time. The Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA.) Fri, Aug 17, 1956, Page 3

1956 - August 27; A USAF H-19 from Japan, crewed by Capt. James W. Haggar (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued two crew members, 1st Lt. John L. France and 1st Lt. Ronald R. Stauffer, from the Pacific Ocean, where they had spent an hour and half in the water, after they ejected from their crippled T-33 jet trainer. Capt. Haggar's H-19 had just had a new engine installed. He was ready to do a test hop when the emergency call came through. He received permission to make the rescue without completing the test flight. No other details are available at this time. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, TX.) Mon Aug 27, 1956, page 2

1956 - September 05; A USAF helicopter from George AFB, CA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued the pilot of a F-86, 2nd Lt. Jarman A. Lynch Jr. when he ejected from his aircraft when he had a mid-air collision with another F-86 that he was flying formation with. The aircraft crashed about 12 miles due north of Mt. Wilson, CA. The pilot of the other F-86, 1st Lt. Phillip H. Henry was killed in the crash of his aircraft.  No other details are available at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), Wed, Sep 05, 1956, Page 1

1956 - September 19; A USAF helicopter from Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued Sheridan Atkinson, 20, from his aircraft that had crashed into the sheer face of Rock Creek Canyon, CA. trying to dodge a heavy lightning storm  No other details are available at this time. Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA.), Thu, Sep 20, 1956, Page 8

1956 - October 12; SH-19's from the 33rd ARS rescued 28 crewmen from a Light Army tug LT-57B, which was stranded on a reef off of Okinawa. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1956 - November 29; A H-19 enroute from Bridgeport, Conn. to Kinross AFB, Mich., crewed by Lt. Donn G. Marcussen(P) and SSgt. Basil I. Gray (HM), crashed near Five Mile Point at Skaneateles Lake, NY shortly after they had taken off after a refueling stop. No other details are available at this time. The Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, NY) Fri., Nov. 30, 1956, page 1

1956 - December 07; A USAF H-19 from Japan, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued all the crew members from a 780-ton Korean vessel, the "Il Jin", aground on a sand bar in rough seas about 200 yards off of Tsuno Shima island, about 30 miles north-east-east of Ashiya, in southern Japan. No other details are available at this time. Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, PA.) Fri, Dec 7, 1956, Page 1

1956 - December 13; A USAF helicopter from Japan, crewed by Capt. H. B. Rock Stillwell (P), unkn (CP), Amn. Walter S. Williams (MT), rescued Takeo Kebashi, a Japanese fisherman and three others from a rock in the Sea of Japan where they had been stranded for 15 hours after their small boat, the "Benten Maru", piled onto the rock and sank. No other details are available at this time. The Corpus Christi Caller-times (Corpus Christi, TX.) Fri, Dec 14, 1956, Page 4

1957 - January 01; A USAF helicopter from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by Maj. Jones Seigler (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (HM) found the a three-year old boy missing overnight in the desert, but he had already died of exposure from night temperatures that dropped to 28 degrees. Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX.), Wed, Jan 2, 1957, Page 8

1957 - January 03; An H-19 from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Wayne W. Eggert (P), Capt. Newell H. Lynch (CP) and A2C Charles M. Scott (FM), crashed while flying to Rosamond Dry Lake to pick up a drag chute, killing all on board. The cause of the crash was determined to be a missing cotter pin in the control system.

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1957 - January 27; Two USAF helicopters for Elmendorf AFB, AK, crew's unkn, rescued 12 crew members and one passenger from a C-124 Globemaster that had crashed landed on the ice in Cook Inlet, about 20 yards from shore, a couple miles short of the runway at Elemendorf AFB. One helicopter hovered overhead in the freezing weather providing flood lights while the other ferried the men to the hospital. They were hoisted aboard the helicopters within 10 minutes after the crash. All but three of the men were released from the hospital and the other three were listed in good condition. Daily Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, AK.), Mon, Jan 28, 1957, Page 1

1957 - January 27; A H-19B helicopter from Luke AFB, AZ, crewed by Capt. James Womack (P), Capt. William Smith (CP), TSgt. M. D. McGuire (HM) and MSgt. Bill Hessel (Photographer), fought treacherous canyon winds to rescue 3-month old Daley Mankaja and 4-month old Delphine Uquualla, both seriously ill with diarrhea, form their snow bound home in Havasupai Canyon, a tributary of the Grand Canyon. Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ.), Wed, Jan 30, 1957, Page 1

1957 - February 23; H-19B #53-4422 & other unkn tail numbers, of the 1370th Photo Mapping Group (from Palm Beach AFB, FL.) operating off of USN LST's #46, #117 & #491 went ashore at Qui Nhon, Vietnam to set up a HIRAN site. Journal, American Aviation Historical Society/Spring 1996

1957 - February 25; H-19B #53-4422 & other unkn tail numbers, of the 1370th Photo Mapping Group (from Palm Beach AFB, FL.) operating off of USN LST's #46, #117 & #491 went ashore at Nha Trang, Vietnam to set up a HIRAN site. Journal, American Aviation Historical Society/Spring 1996

1957 - February 27; SH-21 aircrews from the 71st ARS saved 13 persons from a C-124 which had went down on the ice in Cook Inlet, Alaska. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1957 - March 01; H-19B #53-4422 & other unkn tail numbers, of the 1370th Photo Mapping Group (from Palm Beach AFB, FL.) operating off of USN LST's #46, #117 & #491 went ashore at Phan Rang, Vietnam to set up a HIRAN site. Journal, American Aviation Historical Society/Spring 1996

1957 - March 07; A USAF helicopter from the air base at Dhahran, crewed by Lt. Theodore Urbeff (P), Maj. William Macke (CP), Maj. Lloyd Yeast (NAV) and A2C Parsons (FM), crashed into the Peersian Gulf off Bahrein while on a mercy mission. All four crew members were saved. The aircraft had flown a doctor to a ship in the gulf to treat an ailing asilor. It landed him safely and was returning to the air base at Dhahran when the crash occurred. The Kansas City Times (Kansas City, MO.), Fri, Mar 8, 1957, page 22

1957 - March 28; A H-19 from Ashiya, Japan, crewed by 1st Lt. William Roger Hendrickson (P), A2C Walter Samuel Williams Jr. (FM) and A3C Richard Carl Fritzs (FM), crashed five miles south of Tainan, southern Formosa, killing the pilot and two crew members. The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO.), Thu, Mar 28, 1957, page 1 & Carrol Daily Times Herald (Carroll, IW), Tue, Apr 1, 1957, page 1 & Mt. Vernon Register-News (Mt Vernon, IL), Tue Apr 2, 1957, page 1 & Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI), 3 Apr 1957, page 20 

1957 - March 31; A USAF helicopter from George AFB, CA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued two stranded fishermen, Ralph Rooney, and Morgan L. Hale, who had been lost overnight near Lake Arrowhead, CA. No other details are available at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), Mon, Apr 1, 1957, Page 11

1957 - April 04; A USAF helicopter returning to Geiger Field, near Spokane, WA., crewed by Maj. Jack R. Dixon (P), 1st Lt. Lester D. Chalton (CP) and TSgt. J. Cook, crashed about 35 miles south of the field as it was returning from a search misson near Bosie, ID. The three crew members escaped injury. The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT.), Fri, Apr 5, 1957, page 10

1957 - April 22; A USAF helicopter in Japan, crewed by 1st Lt. Reese Stephens McCauley Jr. (P), 1st Lt. Rodney Emmett Koch (CP) and SSgt. Dennis S. Fountain (FM), crashed while trying to rescue victims of a C-119 transport crash. Lt. McCauley was killed in the crash and the other two crew members were injured. No other details are known at this time. The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, TX.) Wed, Apr 24, 1957, page 8 & Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR.), Wed, Apr 24, 1957, page 2 & Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.), Wed, Apr 24, 1967, page 2

1957 - May 16; The last H-19B's from the 1370th Photo Mapping Group departed Vietnam after the dismantling of the HIRAN sites that had been established in Jan/Mar 1957. Journal, American Aviation Historical Society/Spring 1996

1957 - May 23; A H-21 of the 5039th Air Transport Sq. at Elmendorf AFB, AK, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and four other unkn's crashed near Willow, AK, 85 miles north of Anchorage, seriously injuring one of the seven men aboard, Mr. Frank L. Russell. The Air Force said the helicopter's fall was caused by mechanical failure. The Salina Journal (Salina, KS.), Fri, May 24, page 1 & The Daily Herald (Provo, UT.), Fri, May 24, 1957, page 1

1957 - June 11; A H-13 helicopter from Bryan AFB, crewed by Lt. Frederick D. Rupp (P) and Lt. Richard Holliday (CP), crashed killing both pilots. No other details are known at this time. The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) Wed, Jun 12, 1957, page 5

1957 - June 13; President Eisenhower becomes the first chief executive to fly in a helicopter as he takes off from the White House lawn in a USAF Bell UH-13J Sioux. Major Joseph E. Barrett flies the President a short distance to a military command post at a remote location as part of a military exercise. Air Force Magazine

1957 - June 27 - August 27; H-5's, H-19's and H-21's from 14th Air Force participated in humanitarian airlift operations to provide rescue and relief to victims of hurricane Audry which hit southwestern Louisiana on the morning of June 27, 1957. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1957 - July 10; A USAF helicopter from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (HM), rescued John Findley Scott from the 11,000 foot level in Knapsack Pass after he was injured in a 40 foot fall to a ledge while hiking with five other students. Tri-City Herald (Pasco, WA.), Wed, Jul 10, 1957, Page 1

1957 - August 17; A USAF helicopter from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Robert G. Ferry (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) rescued a fisherman, Nelson Ross, after he had a heart attack while on a High Sierra fishing trip 30 miles northwest of Bishop, CA. and delivered him to Northern Inyo Hospital. No other details are available at this time. Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, CA.), Mon, Aug 19, 1957, Page 1 & The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.) Sun, Aug 18, 1957, Page 5

1957 - August 28; An H-19 from the 55rd ARS at Thule AB, Greenland, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (HM), rescued 22 seamen from a Norwegian ship, the Polarbjoern, that had been trapped in the ice near Greenland for six days. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf & The Daily Journal (Commerce, TX.) Fri, Aug 30, 1957, Page 1

1957 - October 05; The 21st Helicopter Sq. was inactivated at Donaldson AFB, SC.

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1957 - November 17; SH-21 and SA-16 aircrews from the 71st ARS rescued four surviving aircrewmen and six deceased aaircrewmen from a TB-29 which crashed in the Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage, Alaska. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1957 - December 12; Two SH-19 aircrews from the 56th ARS saved 50 crewmen by hoisting them from the French freighter Pei-Ho, which ran aground near Casablanca, Morocco.

 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1957 - December 16; A SH-19 helicopter from Oxnard AFB, CA., crewed by Lt. Leland K. Kennedy (P), Capt. Royal W. Rudoloph Jr. (FS) and A2C Gerald C. Jones (HM), rescued Don M. Randall, Charles Parker and L. H. Bardeau, in rain and low hanging clouds, from a cliff about 200 ft. up on Anacapa Island off the coast of Oxnard, CA. Their 20-foot boat, the "Rock-n-Roll" had ran aground the day before in rough seas off the island and they had swam to the island and all three were suffering from exposure and shock. Press-Courier (Oxnard, CA.), Mon, Dec 16, 1957, Page 1

1957 - December 20; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (HM), rescued Bill Evans and David McClain from the turbulent Clackamas River near Estacada, OR. after their 17 foot boat capsized as they were try to shoot the rapids. Tri-City Herald (Pasco, WA.), Sun, Dec 22, 1957, Page 27

1958 - January 01; A H-19, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), crashed into the ocean near Myrtle Beach, NC. while on a search mission for the bodies of a Tabor City, NC. doctor and his two young sons. The crew of three was unhurt. Florence Morning News (Florence, SC.), Thu, Jan 2, 1958, page 11

1958 - April 28; An H-5 from Griffiss AFB, NY, piloted by Capt. James A. Nolan, crashed. The base public information officer said Nolan had taken off on a local flight. No other details are known at this time. The Times Record (Troy, NY), Fri, Apr 18, 1958, page 25

1958 - May 05; An H-21 of the 71st Air Rescue Squadron at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, crewed by 1st. Lt. John C. Artley (P), 1st. Lt. Paul H. D. Wilson (CP), TSgt. Everett R. Culver (FM) and TSgt. Daniel M. Coleman (MT) hit a high tension wire and crashed into the Knik River 25 miles northeast of Elmendorf. 1st. Lt. Wilson, TSgt. Culver and TSgt. Coleman were killed in the crash with 1st. Lt. Artley surviving the crash. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK) Tue, May 06, 1968, page 9

1958 - July 25; An SH-21 crew from the 55th ARS attempted to pick up 13 survivors of a C-54 accident at Polar Research Site #2, Greenland. The first SH-21 experienced engine failure at the research site, and a second SH-21 was dispatched. The second SH-21, crewed by 1st Lt. Harry J. Dewald (P), 2nd Lt. Eugene Sullivan (CP), SSgt. John B. Mustain (FM), A3C John H. Depew (FM) crashed near the site, killing the crew and U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Aames A. Alger III. Eventually, the pilot of the downed C-54 was evacuated by an Army L-20, and twelve survivors and five deceased were removed by a weasel train to Thule AB, Greenland. The Troy Record (Troy, NY.), Mon, Jul 28, 1958, page 1 &

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1958 - August 08; An SH-19 assigned to the 53rd ARS made a night pickup from the atomic submarine Nautilus after it had successfully completed a crossing under the polar ice cap.

 http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1958 - September 04; A H-21 form Hill AFB, UT., crewed by Capt. Purcell A. Reary (P), 2nd Lt. Edward L. Radford (CP) and SSgt. Charles D. Soules (CC), crash about 18 miles south of Dugway Proving Grounds. They had rescued a man who had been severely injured by an arrow while on a huntng trip in the vicinity of Simpson Mountain. They had picked up the injured hunter and the hunting party and were attempting to take off when they had a power failure at about 20 feet in the air. The helcopter crash and rolled onto its side. None of the crew and passengers were injured in the crash, however after the crash a doctor on the helicopter prounced the injured hunter dead from the arrow injury.

The Daily Herald (Provo, UT) Thu, Sep 4, 1958 page 1

1958 - September 19; An SH-19 crew from the 57th ARS saved 48 persons from the Portuguese ship Arne Z, aground off Santa Maria Island, Azores. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1958 - December 25; SH-19's from the 56th ARS evacuated 37 persons from flooded areas near Tazik Morocco. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1959 - March 07; A USAF helicopter from Fairchild Air Force Base, WA., crewed by Lt. Kenneth G. Fauteck (P), A1C Marlice D. Ray (FM) and SSgt. William A. McDonnell (MT), were killed when their helicopter crashed into the Spokane River, after hitting hight tension wires strung across the River Canyon, while on a search mission for a missing 9 year old girl. Two other crew members on the helicopter survived with painful, but not serious injuries, they are Airman Michael R. Holloway and St. James L. Fisher. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.) Sun, Mar 8, 1959, page 1

1959 - May 02; CH-21B #53-4383 from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by C. B. Jeannes (P), and Frank Kelley (CP) ditched in the Atlantic Ocean, some 70 miles east of , MA., while returning to Otis AFB from a re-supply mission to Texas Tower 2. All 8 aboard were rescued by a second CH-21B that was part of this mission. The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, CN.) Sun, May 3, 1959, page 77 & http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=&content=H-21 &

http://usafhpa.org/20poniesnew/FrankKelly2.html 

1959 - May 16; A H-43A #58-1831 at James Connally AFB, TX., crewed by Lt. James Greenway and SSgt. Jimmy Haddox crashed on the runway during an airshow at the base. It hit the runway losing both rotors, its wheels and other smaller pieces. It bounced, slipped on its side and started its long skid along the runway and caught fire. Both crew members evacuated with no injury. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and the ensuring fire. Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX) Sun, May 17, 1959, page 1 

1959 - June 07; The 58th ARS dispatched an SH-19 to rescue seven survivors of a ditched SC-47 in the Mediterranean Sea, approximately 60 miles north of Wheelus AB, Libya. The survivors, located in waves cresting between 15 and 25 feet, were hoisted to the helicopter. Due to the total weight, the pilot could only attain an altitude of 200 feet during the return trip. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1959 - July 09; A H-19 from Kingsley Field, OR., crewed by 1st Lt. Michael Langford (P) and Col. Jack W. Williams (CP), crashed in a wooded area near the shores of Klamath Lake on a routine flight to inspect a site for a recreation area for personnel stationed at Kingsley Field. Aboard the helicopter besides the pilot were the Commander of Kingsley AFB, (acting as co-pilot), Col. Jack. W. Williams, Maj. William Hicks, Maj. John Scarboro and Maj. Eugene Hollway. The five escaped with only scratches, but the helicopter was called a total loss. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR.), Fri, Jul 10, 1959, page 1

1959 - July 16; The 20th Helicopter Sq. relocates from Sewart AFB, TN., to Myrtle Beach AFB, SC., was deactivated. http://www.mh-53pavelow.com/documents.20thSOS/history2.pdf

1959 - July 22; A USAF helicopter from Niagra Falls AFB, NY., crewed by Maj. Leo J. Carbonneau (P), Capt. Victor H. Hanf (CP) and SSgt. John E. Tinsman, crashed into a sandbar in the Genessee River Gorge in the Letchworth State Park killing all three crew members. The helicopter's blades became entangled in high tension wires, flipping the machine over before it ploughed into the sand bar. The helicopter was on a search mission for a missing university professor, Dr. Walter Bloor who was found safe shortly after the crash. The Bristol Daily Courier (Bristol, PA.), Thu, Jul 23, 1959, page 1

1959 - August 18; At 8:27 a.m. Hill AFB dispatched an H-21 from the 2849th Air Base Wing, crewed by Lt. Earl H. May (P), Lt. Zane L. Lantz (CP) and unkn (FM) to the West Yellowstone, MT. area to assist in the rescue effort of a reported 150 persons who have been isolated by an earth quake. No other details are known at this time. The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogen, UT., Tuesday Evening, August 18, 1959

1959 - August 25; A H-21 from Thule AB, Greenland, crewed by Capt. James H. Ozier (P), Capt. Dale W. Robertson (CP) crashed near Thule AB killing the crew and five passengers on board. No other details are known at this time. Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX) Thu. Aug 27, 1959 

1959 - September 04; A H-21B from Goose Bay, Labrador, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FM) crashed while on a return flight from Hopedale. No other details are known at this time. The Evening Independent (Massillon, OH) Sat. Sep 5, 1959, page 2

1959 - September 11; A USAF helicopter from Nellis AFB, NV., crewed by 1st Lt. Ronald F. Riggs (P), SSgt. Harland V. Mills (FM) and A1C Terry A. Jones (FM), crashed and burned near Nellis killing the three crew members. There was no explanation for the crash which occured on a routine training flight. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX.), Sat, Sep 12, 1959, page 3

1959 - October 19; The 33rd ARS evacuated 29 crewmen from the Japanese vessel Zenko Maru, which had foundered on the Tori Shima reef. Captain Herbert L. Mattox, Jr., piloting an SH-19, later received the 1959 Cheney Award as a result of this rescue. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1959 - December 09; A H-43 Huskie at Brookfield, CN., crewed by Maj. William J. Davis (P) and Capt. Walter J. Hodgson (CP) was flown to a helicopter record altitude of 21,952 feet. Air Force Space Command fb post.

1960 - February 09; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Richard A. Humes (P) and Capt. William Mathes (CP), crashed, seven miles southeast of San Antonio, seriously injuring both men. No other details are known at this time. The Vernon Daily Record (Vernon, TX.), Tue, Feb 9, 1960, page 5  

1960 - March 08; The 20th Helicopter Sq. at Myrtle Beach, SC., was deactivated.

 http://www.mh-53pavelow.com/documents.20thSOS/history2.pdf

1960 - March 20; A National Guard helicopter from Hancock Field, Syracuse, crewed by Lt. Walter C. Lorenz (P) and Lt. Charles H. Holiday Jr., overturned as they attempted a practice landing in a farm field about a mile east of Wolf Road in the town o Colonie. The crew only suffered cuts and bruises. The troy Record (Troy, NY.), Mon, Mar 21, 1960, page 20

1960 - June 07; A USAF helicopter from Langley AFB, VA. was at Patuxent River NAS, Md. where it had just successfully rescued two crew members of a FAA B-57 who had ditched near Great Mills, Md. While preparing to take-off, after delivering the two B-57 crew members, a Navy F8U Crusader launched from a steam catapult crashed into the helicopter killing the two crew members, 1st Lt. Frank A. Williams (P) and SSgt. Clyde Chathams (FM) in the helicopter and two Navy men standing nearby. Independent (Long Beach, CA.) Wed. Jun 8, 1960, page 1

1960 - July 18; A USAF helicopter crewed by Lt. George Crawford (P) and Capt. James R. A. Sanders (Obsv) was hit eight times by Congolese machinegun bullets while searcing for white refugees at Inkisi, south of Leopoidville, in the Congo. No other details are known at this time. Wisconsin State Journal, 19 July 1960, page 1

1960 - July 20; A USAF helicopter from Reese AFB, TX., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued Phillip Reeves, 22, from a window 230 feet above the ground on a concrete grain elevator that had exploded and was burning fiercely. No other details are known at this time. Statesville Record and Landmark, 20 Jul 1960, page 8

1960 - July 24; A USAF H-21 helicopter from Perrin AFB, TX., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued Jack Dean, 25, from his 7-hour roost in a gum tree above a raging Mountain Fork River where he was forced to climb from a sudden surge in the river. No other details are known at this time. The Odessa America, 25, July 1960, page 11

1960 - August 05; A USAF helicopter from Misawa AFB, Japan., crewed by Capt. Phillip Rice (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued three casualties from a train that had been derailed by a landslide south of Masawa and then they delivered food to the remaining passengers and crewmen of the train. No other details are known at this time. Independent, 5 Aug 1960, page 42

1960 - August 10; A HH-43B from Stead AFB, NV., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued threeClay Sherman, 46, at night from a remote mountain area west of Lake Tahoe after he was thron from his horse and suffered a broken collarbone and possible internal injuries. No other details are known at this time. Independent, 5 Aug 1960, page 42

1960 - August 17; A USAF helicopter from Stead AFB, NV., crewed by Lt. K. V. Hall (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued USN Cmdr. L. O. Fortner after he ejected from his aircraft when it had a flame out about 50 miles northwest of Fallon. Lt. Hall's helicopter ran out of fuel before completing the mission and another helicopter for Stead AFB, NV. was sent to assist. No other details are known at this time. The Emporia Gazette, 18 Aug 1960, page 1

1960 - August 23; A USAF helicopter from Lowry AFB, CO., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued critically injured and paralyzed, Mrs. Bonnie Shutts, 24, from the wilderness in the jagged White Mountains of northwest Colorado after Piper Tri-Pacer she was in crashed on August 21, 1960. No other details are known at this time. Eureka Humboldt Standard, 23 Aug 1960, Page 3

1960 - August 31; A USAF helicopter from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by Maj. Walter Hodgson (P), Capt. Paul Balfe (CP), unkn (CC) and Capt. Merle Wampler (FS), rescued pneumonia stricken hiker, Leonard Myrup, 26, when it landed amid 100-foot tall trees in Vendetta Meadow, 9,700 feet high in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada. Then a few minutes later their helicopter set down in Scafold Meadows, 13 miles away, and picked up Mrs. Beverly Hollomon, 45, who had fallen from a horse and it was feared to have suffered a hip fracture. No other details are known at this time. Arizona Republic, 31 Aug 1960, Page 11

1960 - September 09; H-19B #52-7588 of the 42nd CSG at Loring AFB, ME., crewed by Capt. Robert J. Brejcha (P), 1Lt Jerry Crupper (CP), A1C Bobby Mixon (FM) and A1C W.J. McDougal, crashed near Limestone, receving serious damage, when it had an engine failure during simulated forced landing training. None of the crew were injured.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Loring_AFB/conversations/topics/15918

1960 - September 09; A USAF helicopter from Malmstrom AFB, MT., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued an elk hunter, Friday Alexander, who had suffered a paralyzing stroke in the Slough Creek area on the Park-Sweet County line. No other details are known at this time. The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, MT, 11 Sep 1960, Page 2

1960 - September 20; An USAF helicopter from Hill AFB, UT.., crewed by unk (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued a bow hunter, Ralph Harrison, 55, who had suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him on September 19, 1960 and was also suffering from exposure after spending the night laying on the mountainside in the Diamond Peak area, east of Soda Springs, ID. No other details are known at this time. Idaho State Journal, 20 Sep 1960, Page 1

1960 - September 22; A Air Force helicopter of the 49th TFWg. Helicopter Branch at Ramstein AB, GR., crewed by 1st Lt. Elvin C. Ely (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), at night and in foggy weather conditions, rescued the pilot of a F-101 that had crashed on a mountain top near Phalsbourg, France, about 50 miles from Ramstein. The helicopter searched from 1 1/2 hours for the missing pilot, finally spotting him by a small fire he had built. The Daily Chronicle, Centralia-Chehalls, WA. 20 Feb 1961, page 2

1960 - October 12; A HH-43B helicopter from Francis E. Warren AFB, WY., crewed by 1st Lt. Gerald O. Young (P), 1st. Lt. Richard L. VanAllen (CP) and A1C Joel A. Grieshaber (passenger), escaped serious injury when their helicopter crashed while landing a Atlas Missile site #4, about 17 miles west of Cheyenne, near Granile Canyon and U.S. Highway 30 between Cheyenne and Laramie. The helicopter did not burn but was heavily damaged. No other details are known at this time. Greeley Daily Tribune, 13 Oct 1960, Page 7

1960 - October 17; A USAF helicopter from Chennault AFB, LA., crewed by Capt. Ernest B. Smith (P), unkn (CP) and MSgt. Geoffrey Gustin (CC), MSgt. Edwin Hobson (MT) and SSgt. Kenneth Farmer (MT), rescued Alban E. Rolen, 21, who had suffered back injuries while working on a pipeline in a swampy region along English Bayou north of Lake Charles. No other details are known at this time. Lake Charles America-Press, 18 Oct 1960, Page 2

1960 - October 27; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued, by hoist, William Kelly, a hunter who had been lost in the Adirondack woodlands for two days and two nights when his "SOS" stamped in the snow was spotted by a plane. No other details are known at this time. The Kingston Daily Freeman, 28 Oct 1960, Page 14

1960 - November 21; A possible USAF helicopter crash occurred in the Sacramento Mountains near Holloman AFB, NM on this date while searching for a missing 19 year old hunter, Errol Flynn of Alamogordo. The crew only received minor injuries. No other details are known at this time. El Paso Herald-Post, 22 Nov 1960, Page 2

1960 - December 03; A USAF helicopter rescued three USN sailors who had been swept out to sea trying to save a fourth sailor who had fell into the sea while walking along the rugged beach near Andersen AFB, Guam. No other details are known at this time. The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec 1960, Page 10

1961 - January 21; An Air Force helicopter from Elmendorf AFB, AK rescued a couple from their homestead in the Anchor Point area about 120 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK, who were trapped by flood waters. No other details are known at this time. Independent Star-News, Pasadena, CA. Jan 22, 1961, page 1

1961 - February 07; A H-21 from Griffiss AFB, NY, crewed by 2nd Lt. Robert L. Merna (P), Maj. John L. Guthrie (CP), James C. Ross (CC) and Joseph Ianni (MT) rescued Miss Virginia DiMitor, who was seriously ill and suffered a possible stroke, from her snowbound log cabin in the town of LaFayette, NY. The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, pages 1 & 12

1961 - February 09; An Air Force helicopter crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (CC), rescued a Loma Linda, CA. 18 year old Thunderbird Academy student, Gary Duff, whose light plane had crashed in an isolated canyon 30 miles southwest of Flagstaff, AZ. Redlands Daily Facts, 10 Feb 1961, page 5

1961 - February 12; An Air Force helicopter at Tyndall AFB, FL., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), A3C Marvin Eads (FM), crashed while on a training flight due to a mechanical defect. A3C Eads and two officers were injured. Anderson Daily Bulletin (Anderson, IN.) Fri, Feb 17, 1961 page 14

1961 - March 25; A USAF helicopter from the 4500th Operation Squadron at Langley AFB, VA., crewed by Capt. Carl G. Layman (P), unkn (CP), Sgt. Grady Dunn (FE) and Sgt. M. S. Hambright (MT), rescued three men, Claude Litman, William Richardson and Vaught Langon, from a sinking 65 foot trawler "E. W. Hopkins" in the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Rappahannock River. No other details are known at this time. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA), 26 Mar 1961, Page 1

1961 - March 27; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Perry Dye, 40 and Billie Stouffere, 25, who had been snowbound in a mountain cave about 15 miles southwest of Castle Rock, CO when their car stalled in snowdrifts on Rampart Range on March 25. No other details are known at this time. Santa Cruz Sentinel, 27 Mar 1961, Page 1

1961 - March 28; A USAF helicopter from Ramey AFB, PR., crewed by Capt. Jack Custer (P), unkn (CP) and Sgt. Don Henderson (FE), rescued nine year old Janice Nadler, who had been missing for 18 hours when she became separated from her father while on a stroll through a wooded area, from a dangerous 1,400 foot cliff near the city of Mayaguez. No other details are known at this time. The Laredo Times (Laredo, TX), 29 Mar 1961, Page 1

1961 - March 28; A USAF H-19A helicopter from Selfridge AFB, MI, crewed by 1st Lt. Bill Smith (P), 2nd Lt. L. E. Heeter (CP) and unkn (FE), made an emergency landing on the farm of E. S. Brady, about 11 miles northeast of Dyess, TX. The helicopter was not damaged and was towed to Dyess AFB, TX for repairs. After clutch assembly repairs it left Dyess AFB, TX., on March 29, 1961, to continue its flight from Selfridge AFB, MI to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. No other details are known at this time. Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX), 29 Mar 1961, Page 34

1961 - April 10; A USAF HH-43B helicopter from Sandia Base in Albuquerque, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued one of five known survivors, SSgt. Manuel Mieras, from a B-52 that had been accidentally shot down by a National Guard F-100 on April 08, 1961. Sgt. Mieras was found in a sheepherder's cabin where he had sought shelter for high winds and 10 degree above zero temperatures. No other details are known at this time. The Emporia Gazette (Emporia, KS), 10 Apr 1961, Page 5

1961 - April 19; A USAF H-21 helicopter at Indian Springs AAF, NV., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), crashed while attempting a takeoff in 50 mile per hour winds. The H-21 crashed and turned over and two Officer standing nearby, 1st Lt. Fred D. Wolf and Army Col. Wayne E. Downing were hit and killed by flying debries from the crashing helicopter and one other officer, Col. Mark H. Gilman, standing nearby was alson injured. Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, NM.) Thu, Apr 20, 1961, page 4  

1961 - May 08; A USAF HH-43B helicopter from Kirtland AFB, NM., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Roy Phillips, 24, from a river bank deep inside the walls of Otowl Canyon some six miles north of Cochiti Dam after his rubber raft had capsized in the swift Rio Grande on May 07, 1961. No other details are known at this time. Clovis News-Journal (Clovis, NM), 8 May 1961, Page 1

1961 - May 10; A USAF H-21 helicopter from Luke AFB, NM., crewed by Lt. Carroll Wright (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), that was part of a two helicopter flight enroute from Luke AFB, NM to Hill AFB, UT., crashed and burned in central Utah. The crew escaped without serious injury. No other details are known at this time. Arizona Republic, 11 May 1961, Page 37 

1961 - May 24; A USAF HH-43B, crewed by Capt. Walter C. McMeen (stationed at Luke AFB, AZ) set a new altitude mark of 25,814 feet. The previous record of 24,491 feet was held by the Russians. No other details are known at this time. Daily Independent Journal, 25 May 1961, Page 18

1961 - May 30; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), evacuated a Lima, OH. man, Edward Haumesser, 59, from St. Joseph Island, Ont. after he had a heart attack while hunting on the island. No other details are known at this time. The Evening Independent, 31 May 1961, Page 16

1961 - June 14; A USAF H-21 helicopter from Tyndall AFB, FL, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), evacuated two brothers, Dr. L. M. Richards, 28, and Erick Richards, 30, from the yacht "All Alone", 90 miles southeast of Panama City, FL., that had spotted them and rescued them from the Gulf of Mexico where they had survived 10 days in a one man raft after their aircraft had caught fire and they ditched it. No other details are known at this time. The News-Palladium, 14 June 1961, Page 17

1961 - June 16; A USAF helicopter from Ellsworth AFB, FL, crewed by Capt. Bernie Womble (P), 1st Lt. J. K. Leen (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Ed Parker and Roberta Johnson after their light civilian plane crashed in the Badlands near Wall, SD. No other details are known at this time. Lead Daily Call, 17 June 1961, Page 5

1961 - July ??; CH-21B # 53-4379 crashed while on a search mission in the mountains NW of Denver, CO. The helicopter was distroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. No injuries among the four crew members aboard. http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-bin/gzUsafSearch.pl?target=&content=H-21

1961 - July 02; An HH-43B crewed by 1st. Lt. William A. Luther (P) and MSgt. Lawrence G. Seckley rescued a injured woman mountain climber, Mrs. Doris Martz, 46, from the face of Wilmonot Peak, WA., about 50 miles east of Everett, WA. The HH-43B crew was later awarded the Cheney Award for 1961. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, Oregon, 3 Jul 1961, page 2 & http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1961 - July 10; An USAF helicopter crewed by 1st. Lt. Dennis M. Chase (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), braved heavy fog to rescue Becky Joan Roever, a 12 year old girl who had wondered away from her parents along the rugged northern Oregon coastal terrain, from the base of a 1,000 foot cliff overhanging the Pacific Ocean. She had been missing for three days and was recovered in what was described as "fairly good condition". Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, CA.), 11 Jul 1961, page 1

1961 - August 26; An USAF helicopter from Langley AFB, VA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued the pilot, Capt. Holcombe A. J. Hughes, after he ejected from his F-84F, while on a training flight, near Lively, VA. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA.), 27 Aug 1961, page 14

1961 - August 27; An H-43B from Stead AFB, NV., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), rescued the boat pilot, Rex Manchester, of "Miss Spokane" when it flipped one lap from the finish of the Gold Cup Hydroplane Championship race at Pyramid Lake, near Reno, NV. Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, CA.), 29 Aug 1961, page 8

1961 - September 24; An HH-43B from Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC., crewed by Capt. J. C. Armstrong Jr. (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), using its rotor downwash to suppress the flames of a USAF Thunderbirds C-123 "Provider", carrying members of the US Army's sky-diving parachute team, that had crashed on takeoff, allowing 12 crew members and passengers of the C-123 to be rescued. Three onboad the C-123 were killed in the crash and fire. The Daily Herald (Jasper, IN.), 25 Sep 1961, page 1

1961 - October 03; An H-19 from Malmstrom AFB, MT., crewed by 1st Lt. Robert Furman (P), 2nd Lt. James W. McElhardy (CP) and Sgt. Leroy Wright (CC), were involved with the attempt to recover three bodies, USAF Sergeant Alton Kessey, John Waite and Douglas Mendell, from an aircraft that had crashed on September 01, 1961, in the Marshall Wilderness Area in the high country of Montana. After a nine day effort, battling the cold weather and winds the effort was suspended. The Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, MT.), 03 Oct 1961, page 3

1961 - October 24; A USAF helicopter from Dow AFB, ME., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), braved fog, driving rain and 40-knot winds to rescued three men off Petit Manan Island, ME. about 15 miles out to sea from Jonesport, ME. No other details are known at this time. The Oneonta Star (Oneonta, NY), 25 Oct 1961, page 1

1961 - November 17; A USAF helicopter from Kincheloe AFB, MI., crewed by Capt. Chet Ratcliffe (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (CC), spotted and rescued a deer hunter, Dr. Earl Cantwell, who had been lost for three days and two nights in a cold and dangerous Upper Peninsula swamp. No other details are known at this time. Ironwood Daily Glove (Ironwood, MI.), 18 Nov 1961, page 1

1961 - December 07; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (FJ) rescued the pilot, Capt. Glendon L. Ammon, of an F-100 from the waters of Chimuwan Bay, after he ejected from his aircraft over the town of Kawasaki, Okinawa. No other details are known at this time. The Raleigh Register (Beckley, WV.) 7 Dec 1961, page 1

1961 - December 08; H-43B #59-1579 from Det. 44, EARC at Westover AFB, MA, crewed by 1st Lt. William J. Deming (P), 1st Lt. David D. Glick (CP) and TSgt. Calvin Edy (FE) was involved in a accident at the base. All three crew members escaped injury. The Troy Record (Troy, NY) Sta, Dec 9, 1961 page 1

1961 - December 11; HH-43B #59-1546 from Det. 41, EARC at Loring AFB, ME., crewed by Capt Richard Phadenhauer (P), Capt James Black (CP), SSgt. Robert J. Watson (FE) and A1C Russell Wilkerson (FF), A1C Bobby Mixon, and SSgt. Robert McMahon, made a forced landing, due to engine failure, in heavy woods 1 1/2 miles north of the Caswell Radar Station. SSgt. Watson suffered back injuries, described as "not too severe", none of the other five onboard were injured. No other details are known at this time. The Daily Times (Salisbury MD.), 11 Dec 1961, page 29 & The Evening Review, 12 Dec 1961, Tue, Page 16 & https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Loring_AFB/conversations/topics/15918

1961 - December 12; A USAF helicopter from Otis AFB, MA, crewed by Capt. John D. Arthuvs (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (FJ) while on a search for a missing 13 year old boy, discovered his body lying in about three inches of water in a swamp area. No other details are known at this time. Newport Daily News (Newport, RI.), 12 Dec 1961, page 1

1961 - December 17; A U.S. Army CH-37 helicopter airlifted the Loring AFB, ME, HH-43B from the heavy woods where it had made a forced landing on December 11, 2015, due to engine problems, 1 1/2 miles north of the Caswell Radar Station. The HH-43B was delivered to Loring AFB and sat down in front of base operations headquarters where it was towed to a hanger for repairs. No other details are known at this time. The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, CN., 18 Dec 1961, Mon, Page 18

1961 - December 19; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (MT), along with a USCG helicopter and USCG vessels were involved in the rescue of five of the ten man crew from a fishing scalloper "Barbara and Gail" that had sunk about 11 miles east of Nantucket, MA. The other five crew members from the sunken ship were missing. No other details are known at this time. The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, CN., 19 Dec 1961, Mon, Page 49

1961 - December 22; A USAF helicopter from Kingsley AFB at Klamath Falls, OR., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (MT), unsuccessfully attempted to rescue a 19 year old, Rodney Spencer, who was stranded overnight on a rock, known as "Castle Rock", off the mouth of the Sixes River in southern Oregon. Due to the closeness of rock out cropping's a smaller civilian helicopter was called in and made the rescue. No other details are known at this time. The News-Review (Roseburg, OR.) 23, Dec 1961, Sat. Page 1

1961 - December 28; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (MT), rescued two high school students, Bob Holmes, 17 and John Turek, 18 from Camelback Mountain. No other details are known at this time. Tucson Daily Citizen (Tucson, AZ.) 29, Dec 1961, Fri. Page 7

1962 - January 03; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Richard R. Cowles (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (MT), rescued an ill Havasupat Indian woman, Meca Uqualla, from the Grand Canyon. No other details are known at this time. Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff, AZ.) 04, Jan 1962, Fri. Page 1

1962 - January 22; A HH-43B from Loring AFB, ME, crewed by Capt. Richard Pfadenhauer (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (MT), was forced down south of Limestone, ME., when a minor fire developed in the helicopter. After landing and putting out the fire they returned to Loring AFB. No other details are known at this time. The Mason City Globe-Gazette (Mason City), 23 Jan 1962, Tue., Page 2

1962 - February 01; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), evacuated a member of a student expedition, George Burrill, 18, who had accidentally shot himself in the leg, from Excribano on Panama's Caribbean coast to a hospital where he underwent surgery. No other details are known at this time. The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY.), 1 Feb. 1962, Thu, Page 42

1962 - February 11; A USAF helicopter from Stead AFB, NV., crewed by Maj. Jack Cannon (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), on a search mission for a missing light plane piloted by Mr. Newt Crurnley and Mr. E. J. Questa of Reno, NV. discovered the wreckage with both bodies lying on the ground in a small valley. No other details are known at this time. The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY.), 12 Feb. 1962, Mon, Page 3

1962 - March 13; A H-19 from Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by Maj. Ronald E. Anderson (P), Capt. Troy Allen (CP) and SSgt. Noel B. Crowson (FE), rescued two men, Sidney Seid and James Duncan, from their civilian helicopter that had went down into tidewater at the mouth of Corte Madera Creek, near San Quentin Prison. No other details are known at this time. Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA), 13 Mar. 1962, Tue, Page 1

1962 - April 09; A CH-3B from Otis AFB, MA. with Capt. Winden (P), unknown (CP), Bevon Dowell (FM) and unknown medic rescued a crewmember, who had a ruptured appendix, of the fishing ship Ursula M. Norton located about 150 miles at sea. READ STORY

1962 - April 16; A USAF helicopter from Selfridge AFB, MI, crewed by 1st Lt. Larry Nitz (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued two men, Edward Milazzo and Robert J. White, from their disabled boat in Anchor Bay, near Selfridge AFB. No other details are known at this time. The Holland Evening Sentinel (Nolland, MI.) 17 Apr 1962, Tue, Page 8

1962 - April 17; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), medevac'd Mrs. Leona A. Rogers, 47, from the Indian village of Supai in the western part of the Grand Canyon, after she had been injured in a fall from a horse on 15 April 1962. No other details are known at this time. The Yuma Daily Sun (Yuma, AZ.) 18 Apr 1962, Wed. Page 2

1962 - April 23; HH-43 from Det. 6, Laredo AFB, TX. rescued 43 adults and 35 children from a flood-swollen creek near Colombia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1962 - June 01; A USAF helicopter from Eielson AFB, AK, crewed by Capt. Maurice Johnson (P), Capt. Roy Keck (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued one man, Earl Brabb from a downed civilian helicopter near Circle City. The other man on the downed helicopter stayed with it to try and make repairs so it could be flown out. No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.) 2 Jun 1962, Sat, page 1

1962 - June 22; A HH-43B from Det. 7, WARC, Malmstrom AFB, MT. crewed by 1st Lt. Franklin A. Lamb (P), Lt.  Donald T. Litke (CP), A1C Thomas McDowell (FM), MSgt. Raymond U. Jones (MT) and A1C John Peace (MT) recovered four bodies, L. V. Richars, his wife, daughter and son-in-law the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Smith, from a light plane that had crashed on June 15th 1962 at the 9,150 level of Scapegoat Mountain north of Helena, MT. on the Continental Divide. The Montana Standard (Butte, MT.) 22 June 1962, page 2

1962 - July 05; An HH-43B piloted by Capt. Richard E. Coan, established a new record by flying a total of 656 statute miles over a 25-mile closed course north of Mono Lake, CA.

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1962 - July 05; An HH-43B piloted by Capt. Chester R. Ratcliffe, Jr., established a new record for flight in a straight line. He flew a distance of 887 statute miles, in 8 1/2 hours, from Hill AFB, UT. to Springfield, MN. The La Crosse Tribuen, 6 Jul. 1962, Fri. Page 1 & http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1962 - July 12; A USAF Helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), rescued the, unharmed, pilot Capt. James F. Jasper, of a F-102 from Paine AFB, WA., after he had ejected from his crashing aircraft about 15 miles northeast of Aberdeen, WA. The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA.), 13 Jul 1962, Fri.

1962 - July 26; A USAF Helicopter from Otis AFB, MA, crewed by Capt. William P. Morey (P), 1st Lt. Wesley P. Bowers (CP), A1C Anthony Nacewilze (FE), rescued the crew of a TF-102 from Westover AFB, CN., Capt. Frederick W. Knopps (P) and Capt. Curtis Patterson (CP), from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean after they had ejected from their crippled aircraft some 50 miles southeast of Nantucket Island. The Portsmouth Herald, 27 Jul 1962, Fri, Page

1962 - August 12; A HH-43B from Det. 9, WARC at Portland AFB, OR., crewed by Capt. Arthur Bennett (P), Lt. Donald Dunk (CP), unkn (FE), rescued Mrs. Joan Clapp, 34, and her three year old son, Leonard Clapp, were rescued from the wilds of the frigid Cascade Mountain Range, where they had been lost overnight. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR.), 13 Aug 1962, Mon. Page 1 & 2

1962 - September 02; A HH-43B from Det. 39, CARC at Laughlin AFB, TX., crewed by 1st Lt. Franklin L. Wilton (P), Capt. John Boyles (CP), SSgt. Vernon E Ilinton (FE), searched Garner Park, without finding any trace, for a missing boy, John Wayne McCandless, who had wandered away from his family in the wooded park on September 01.1962. Del Rio News Herald (Del Rio, TX.), 3 Sep 1962, Mon, page 1

1962 - September 03; An H-43B from the 3638th FTS (Helicopter) at Stead AFB, NV. made an extremely difficult and hazardous rescue of an injured mountain climber in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The rescue was accomplished at nightfall at an altitude of 11.900 feet on a 70-degree slope and is possibly the highest rescue ever performed by a helicopter in the continual United States. http://usafhpa.org/3638stead/3638th%20.htm

1962 - September 14; A USAF helicopter from Malmstrom AFB, MT., crewed by Capt. Ramon LeFevre (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and A1C John Peace (MT), rescued Bobby Dent, 15, following a harrowing three-day experience in the Bob Marshall Wilderness after he suffered a broken leg and ankle when a horse fell on him while on a hunting trip. The Montana Daily Post (Butte, MT.) 14 Sep 1962, Fri, Page 2

1962 - October 09; A USAF helicopter from Hill AFB, UT., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Capt. John R. Metcalf (P) and Capt. Virgil G. Heminger (CP), about six miles west of Thiokol, west of the Promontory Mountains in Box Elder County, after they ejected from F-101 when it lost power on a test flight. The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT.) 10 Oct. 1962, Wed., Page 23

1962 - October 11; HH-43B #60-0268 with Det. 49, EARC at Seymour Johnson AFB, SC., suffered crash damage.  The helicopter was repaired and returned to service. No other details are available at this time.

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1962 - October 23; HH-43A #58-1837 is known to have crashed at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. This may have been part of a FAA test program and this helicopter may have carried the FAA registration number N612. No other details are available at this time. http:/www.h43-huskie.info/framesetcivil.htm

1962 - October 24; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Ron Skoog and John Crawford, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Geologists, from their downed aircraft near Clear Water Creek, 68 1/2 miles from Gulkana, AK, No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AL.) 26 Oct 1962, Fri, Page 2

1962 - October 30; A USAF helicopter from Elmendorf AFB, AK, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), rescued Sandy Philllips (P) and his four passengers, Dan Donnovich, Thomas Connelly, Meredith Bowdish and Rudy Westley, after their twin-engine Dehaviland Dove aircraft made a wheels up forced landing on the beach one mile north of the mouth of the Beluga River. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.) 31 Oct 1962, Wed, Page 17

1962 - November 09; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. Paul J. Balf (P), unkn (CP) and TSgt. Charles L. Manes (FE), were involved in the rescue of NASA X-15 pilot John B McKay. During an emergency landing at Mud Lake, NV., his aircraft nose gear failed causing his aircraft to flip over twice and come to a rest upside down and Capt. Balfe's helicopter hovered over the X-15 to blow away the ammonia fuel until the pilot could be removed from the aircraft. No other details are known at this time. The Irving Daily News Texan (Irving, TX.) 10 Nov 1962, Sat., Page 5

1962 - November 16; A USAF helicopter from Kincheloe AFB, MI., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), rescued an 82 year old deer hunter, Frank Young who had been missing since 15 November 1962 in the Marquette National Forest near the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula. No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.) 17 Nov 1962, Sat, Page 1

1962 - November 16; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), rescued five men, Alfred Pearson (P) and passengers Tom C. Martin,, Stan Poborski, Leon Riley and Richard Bremont after their Comanche aircraft crashed almost one mile from the southeast end of the Fairbanks International Airport runway. No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.) 19 Nov 1962, Mon, Page 9

1962 - November 17; A USAF helicopter, crewed by Capt. D. B. Maurras (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), rescued seven men, Anton Savarcs, Modris Avotins, William Krogman, Jimmy Prince, Ben Sullivan, Raymond Wills and one other, in two trips, from the storm battered "Argus Island Research Station", a steel tower standing in the Atlantic Ocean 30 miles off the coast of Bermuda. No other details are known at this time. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, AK.) 17 Nov 1962, Sat, Page 1

1962 - November 24; A HH-43B from Det. 12, WARC at George AFB, CA., crewed by 1st Lt. Jim Crabbe (P), unkn (CP), Amn. K. M. Elkins (FM), unkn (MT) and A1C John Peace (MT), medevac'd 9 year old Dennis E. LaVesque Jr., who had a bullet lodged near his spine, from the remote Trona, CA. hospital to the San Bernardino County Hospital. No other details are known at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.) 25 Nov, 1962, page 14

1962 - December 15; Five members of a USAF helicopter searching for a missing F-102 fighter near Thule AB, Greenland were rescued after their aircraft made and emergency landing. No other details are known at this time. The Mason City Globe-Gazette, 15 Dec 1962, Sat, Page 1

1962 - December 15; A USAF helicopter crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued the crew of a F-101, Capt. Byron Lingo (P) and Capt. Wayne D. Adkins (RO), near Needles, CA., when they ejected after a mid-air collision with another F-101. The second F-101 was able to land safely at Luck AFB, AZ. No other details are known at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun, 16 Dec. 1962, Sun, Page 1

1962 - December 31; A USAF helicopter from Olmsted AFB, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), medevac'd Ervin G. Ober, 68, who was injured when the car he was working under slipped off the jacks. Road conditions prevented him getting to a hospital by ground transportation. No other details are known at this time. Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, PA.) 1 Jan 1963, Tue

1963 - January 05; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued two frostbitten, hungry Eskimos and recovered the body of a third from an ice flow in the Northern Bering Sea about 150 miles south of King Island which is about 160 miles northwest of Nome, AK., where they had been drifting for six days. No other details are known at this time. The Sunday Herald (Provo, UT.), 6 Jan 1963, Sun, Page 4

1963 - January 10 - 13; HH-19's and aircrews from detachments of the Atlantic ARC flew flood relief missions in the vicinity of Sidi Slimane, Morocco. These aircraft transported food and medical supplies, evacuated 249 persons, and save the lives of 11 persons. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1963 - January 18; A USAF H-19 helicopter from Beale AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Richard L. Birch (P) and SSgt. Llyod R. Kuehl, crashed  in a rocky area 1 1/2 miles from the Oroville, CA. airport, killing the two crew members and three passengers SSgt. Edward D. Davis, A1X Clarence A. Williams Jr. and MSgt. Charlie Cowart. No other details are known at this time. The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 19 Jan 1963, Sat, Page 1

1963 - January 18; A USAF H-19 helicopter from Beale AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Richard L. Birch (P) and SSgt. Lloyd R. Kuehl (CC) lost its three bladed rotor and crashed in a rocky area 1.5 miles from the Oroville, CA. airport killing the two crew members and three passengers, MSgt. Charlie Cowart, SSgt. Edward D. Davis and A1C Clarence A. Williams Jr., in the fiery crash. No other details are known at this time. Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA.) 20 Jan 1963, Sun, Page 11

1963 - January 23; A USAF helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued 100 Eskimo villagers at Koliganek Lake, about 250 miles southwest of Anchorage, AK., from the overflowing and flooding Nishagak River and took them to Ekwok Village and Stuyrok, both about 60 miles north of King Salmon, AK. No other details are known at this time. Daily Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, AK.), Thu, Jan 24, 1963, Page 2

1963 - January 24; A USAF CH-3B helicopter, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued 2 crew members, Lt. Col. Dante E. Bulli (AC) and Capt. Gerald J. Adler (NAV) of a B-52 that had crashed into the face of Elephant Mountain in the Maine wilderness near Greenville, ME. No other details are known at this time. The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), Sat,  Jan 24, 1963, Page 1

1963 - February 08; Sikorsky Aircraft, a division of United Aircraft Corporation, received a letter contract from the U. S. Air Force for twenty-two CH-3C helicopters. The contract calls for completion of the first aircraft in the span of four months. See entry on June 06, 1963. The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, CN., 9 Jun 1963, sun, page 62

1963 - February 17 - 18; Two helicopters from the ARS detachment at Moron AB, Spain, flew flood relief sorties to the town of ECija on the Genil River, evacuating 69 persons, including 33 saves.

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1963 - February 21 - 27; HH-19, HU-16 and HC-54 aircraft of the 58th ARS at Wheelus AB responded to a severe earthquake that leveled the city of Barce, Libya, delivering personnel, equipment, and supplies to the devastated area. Injured personnel were evacuated by the HH-19's to Benia, near Barce.

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1963 - February 23 - 24; HH-19 air crewmen from Det. 11, Atlantic ARC, evacuated 90 Turkish citizens from flooded areas along the Ceyhan River near Misis. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1963 - March 05; A USAF H-19 helicopter from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH., crewed by Capt. Clyde Jacobs (P), Capt. Earl May (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued two boys, Robert Page, 15, and Carl Henderson, 17, from trees above the flood-swollen Little Miami River, about 13 miles southeast of Dayton, OH., where they had been clinging for nearly eight hours after their small boat had capsized shortly before midnight. No other details are known at this time. The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT.) 5 Mar 1963, Tue, Page 1

1963 - March 26; A HH-43B helicopter from Williams AFB, AZ., crewed by Capt. C. E. Brandon (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Ray Gatewood, 20, from a ledge on Weavers Needle in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix where he had been stranded for 24 hours. No other details are known at this time. Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, TX.) 27 Mar. 1963, Wed, Page 46

1963 - April 15; A HH-43B from Kincheloe AFB, MI., crewed by Capt. Pasco Parker (P), Capt. Lloyd Beregstrom (CP) and Sgt. Basil Grey (FE), assisted the state Conservation Department's project to improve goose hunting in the Upper Peninsula by staging a "goose lift" in the swampy vastness, delivering 62 Canadian geese (in three sorties) that were released by a waterfowl specialist for the department. No other details are known at this time. The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, MI.) 15 Apr 1963, page 39

1963 - April 25; A H-21 from Hill AFB, UT., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), was damaged during a simulated rescue mission when the nose wheel collapsed upon landing on flats in the Ogden River delta. The helicopter was repaired and recovered about a week later. No other details are known at this time. The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT.) 27 Apr. 1963, page 12

1963 - April 30; A USAF helicopter from Kirtland AFB, NM., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued the pilot of a F-104, Maj. William A Cato, when he ejected before his aircraft crashed near the Rio Grande river about two miles east of the Albuquerque Municipal Airport. No other details are known at this time. Clovis News-Journal (Clovis, NM.) 30 Apr 1963, page 2

1963 - April 30; A USAF H-19, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), was damaged when it hit wires supporting a scoreboard as it was landing on the Gettysburg, PA., College football field. The helicopter had blade and stabilizer damage and the scoreboard was also damaged. No other details are known at this time. The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA.) 1 May 1963, Wed, Page 3

1963 - May 05; An Air Force rescue helicopter from the Western Air Rescue Center at Malmstrom AFB, MT., crewed by Capt. Donald T. Litke (P), unkn (CP), SSgt Lester J. Flint (FM) and unkn (PJ), rescued a B-47 bomber co-pilot, Capt. Bruce A. Chapman, who was located in good condition after he had ejected from the aircraft before it crashed on 03 May 1963, folowing a mid-air collision with a refueling tanker, . The aircraft crashed about 7 miles southwest of Shoshone Lake in the western part of Yellowstone National Park, WY. Capt. Chapman was found safe only 200 yards from the crash site 10 miles southwest of the Old Faithful geyser. The remaining crew members of the B-47, Capt. Frank G. Zumba (P), 1st Lt. Lorin R. Matthews (Nav) and SSgt. Lawrence E. Harrison (CC) were killed in the crash.

SSgt. Flint is known to have received the Air Force Comendation Medal for his actions on this mission.

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1963 - May 07; A USAF H-19 from Wright-Patterson AFB, OH., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued Curtis C. Marshall, 39, from the top of a water tower at Fort Thomas after he was injured in a fall into the empty water tower. No other details are known at this time. The Circleville Herald (Circleville, OH.) 8 May 1963, Wed, Page 1

1963 - May 19; A USAF helicopter from Hamilton AFB, CA., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued three people, Jack Leineke, 61, Eva Leineke, 54, and Geneva Blair, 62, from a remote woodland near Feather River, CA., about 20 miles south of Quincy, where their aircraft had crashed on May 17, 1963. No other details are known at this time. Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, MI) 20 May 1963, Page 1

1963 - May 21; Five USAF H-21 helicopters, crew’s unkn, rescued numerous people at Koyukuk, AK, from flooding on the Yukon River. No other details are known at this time. Herald and News (Klamath Falls, OR) 21 May 1963, Tue, Page 3

1963 - May 26; A USAF helicopter from Andrews AFB, MD., crewed by unkn ()P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FE), rescued seven Baltimore residents from Hart Island after their 14 foot runabout sunk in the Chesapeake Bay. No other details are known at this time. Cumberland Evening Times (Cumberland, PA), 04 Jun 1963, Page 1

1963 - May 27; A USAF CH-3B from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by Capt. John D. Arthurs (AC), Capt. William A. Scott III (P) and Capt. William B. Lehman (CP), took off from Otis AFB, MA, on its way across the Atlantic, for its first scheduled stop at Loring AFB, ME. next scheduled stopover. It had departed from Otis AFB, MA on 27 May 1963, and stopped at Labrador, Baffinland, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. No other details are known at this time. Tucson Daily Citizen, 29 May 1963, Wed. Page 7

1963 - May 29; A USAF CH-3B from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by Capt. John D. Arthurs (AC), Capt. William A. Scott III (P) and Capt. William B. Lehman (CP), took off, at 7:08 a.m. EST, from Goose Bay, Labrador, after a full day delay because of fog off the west coast of Greenland, its next scheduled stopover. It had departed from Otis AFB, MA on 27 May 1963, and stopped at Labrador, Baffinland, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. No other details are known at this time. Tucson Daily Citizen, 29 May 1963, Wed. Page 7

1963 - June 01; A USAF CH-3B from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by Capt. John D. Arthurs (AC), Capt. William A. Scott III (P) and Capt. William B. Lehman (CP), on a trans-Atlantic hop from Otis AFB, MA. to Le Bourget Field, Paris, France, resumed their flight to Gandestrom, Greenland, where again it was halted by bad weather. When the weather improves the schedule calls for the crossing of Greenland ice cap. The helicopter must soar to 10,000 feet elevation to cross the 9,100 foot mountain ridge. Then the flight will continue over the Denmark Straits to Kaflavik AB, Iceland, 385 miles from Gandrestrom. After that a big water jump to Prestwick, Scotland. Then on to Paris. No other details are known at this time. The Ogden Standard-Examiner, 1 Jun 1963, Sat, Page 1

1963 - June 04; A USAF CH-3B from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by Capt. John D. Arthurs (AC), Capt. William A. Scott III (P) and Capt. William B. Lehman (CP), on a trans-Atlantic hop from Otis AFB, MA. to Le Bourget Field, Paris, France, arrived at Prestwick Scotland at 2:50 a.m. est. on the next leg of the flight. It is due to depart tomorrow in time to arrive at Orly Field at 11:00 a.m. No other details are known at this time. El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, TX), 05 Jun 1963, Mon, Page 23

1963 - June 05; A USAF CH-3B, named the "Otis Falcon", from Otis AFB, MA., crewed by Capt. John D. Arthurs (AC), Capt. William A. Scott III (P) Capt. William B. Lehman (CP), A1C Ernest R. Cyrus (FM) and SSgt. Truman A. McDonald (FM), arrived at Le Bourget Airport, near Paris, at 12:50 p.m., after a 35-hour five-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. It had departed from Otis AFB, MA on 27 May 1963, and stopped at Labrador, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. No other details are known at this time. Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PA) 7 Jun 1963, Fri., Page 17

1963 - June 06; Sikorsky Aircraft, a division of United Aircraft Corporation, completed roll-out of the first CH-3C helicopter at its Stratford, CN factory. This is the first, of twenty-two on order, from a contract that was signed on February 08, 1963. This aircraft was rolled out occurred three weeks ahead of the contracted time frame. First flight is scheduled for June 25, 1963. The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, CN., 9 Jun 1963, sun, page 62

1963 - June 23; A USAF helicopter in Hawaii, crewed by Maj. Hoyt Bertram (P), unkn (CP), engaged in an aerial search for a missing man, when his helicopter hooked a wire and crashed in a river. No other details are know at this time. Hobbs Daily News-Sun (Hobbs, NM) Sun, Jul 7, 1963, page 19

1963 - July 16; An USAF helicopter from Little Rock AFB, AR., crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP) and unkn (FM), rescued Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scott and their three sons from their rural home north of Hot Springs, AR., after they had been marooned by flooding creeks. No other details are known at this time. The Oneonta Star (Onenota, NY.), 17 Jul 1963, Wed, page 1

1963 - August 05; HH-43B's #62-4546 and 62-4547 participated in a rescue out of Cigli AB. No other information is available at this time. http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetnew.htm

1963 - August 18; HH-19's from the 33rd ARS at Naha AB, Okinawa along with HU-16's and helicopter from other services participated in the rescue of 38 people from the ferry boat Midori-Maru that had capsized 15 miles west of Naha AB on 17 August 1963. There were 250 people aboard the ferry and 106 were rescued by surface craft. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1963 - August 26; An HH-43 aircrew saved the lives of three crewmen involved in the crash and subsequent burning of a B-58 on the runway at Bunker Hill AFB, IN. The HH-43, piloted by Capt. Wege, which was airborne at the time of the crash, landed near the burning bomber and effected the rescue.

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1963 - October 10; An HH-43 aircrew, from Det. 10 AARC at Aviano AB, Italy, saved the lives of 15 from a devastating flood in northern Italy. They also airlifted medical personnel and supplies to areas in need. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1963 - December 27; A H-19 from the 462nd SAW at Larson AFB, WA., crewed by Capt. Robert Gorter (P), crashed and burned six miles south of Ephrata, WA. Capt. Gorter was killed in the crash. No other details are known at this tiem. The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR.), Sat, Dec 28, 1963, page 2

1964 - February 15; An HH-43 aircrew from the ARS detachment at Selfridge AFB, MI., saved seven fishermen who were stranded on loose ice three miles offshore on Lake St. Clair, Canada. No other details are available at this time. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1964 - February 16; An HH-43 aircrew from the ARS detachment at Kincheloe AFB, MI., saved five fishermen who were stranded on loose ice in the Whitefish Bay area of Lake Superior. No other details are available at this time. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1964 - March 28 - April 17; H-21's of the 41st ARS and 76th ARS were involved in the humanitarian airlift operation "Operation Helping Hand" providing rescue and relief support of victims of the Good Friday earthquake that hit south central Alaska. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1964 - June 08 - 12; HH-19's, HH-43's, CH-3's and UH-1's from Det. 8, WARC at Glasgow AFB, MT., 341st SMWg. at Malmstrom AFB, MT., 462nd SAWg. at Larson AFB, WA. were involved in the humanitarian airlift operation to provide rescue and relief efforts airlifting a total of 59 survivors out of flooded areas during floods in Montana. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf & The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1964 - June 16; H-19B #53-4454 with the 917th FTD, Tan Son Nhut, AB, RVN, crashed on takeoff due to engine failure. 

http://hoiquanphidung.com/showthread.php?6617-Phim-T%C3%A0i-Li%E1%BB%87u-V%E1%BB%81-Chi%E1%BA%BFn-Tranh-Vi%E1%BB%87t-Nam

1964 - June 17; The first ARS helicopters, HH-43B's, for use in the Vietnam War and The Secret War in Laos, arrived at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand. From Jim Burns who was with the unit at the time 

1964 - August ??; An HH-43 from Det. 6, EARC hoisted the survivor of a boating accident from rocks in the Potomac River. http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1964 - August 14; A TDY HH-43 LBR unit arrives at Korat RTAFB, Thailand and was activated as Det. 4, PARC (P). http://www.pjsinnam.com/vn_history/pdf_files/Chronology/1963.pdf

1964 - September 01; Det. 1, PARC (P) is activated at Bien Hoa AB, RVN with 2 HH-43B's and Det. 2 PARC (P) is activated at Da Nang AB, RVN with 2 HH-43B's. http://www.pjsinnam.com/vn_history/pdf_files/Chronology/1963%2064.pdf

1964 - September 21 - 22; The ARS detachment at Laughlin AFB, TX., evacuated eight flood victims from the area of Brackettville, TX., and 22 flood victims from the areas of Del Rio and Sonora. No other details are avaiable at this time.  http://www.afsoc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070906-042.pdf

1964 - October 14; Two HH-43B's (believed to be #59-1549 and #60-0258) from Takhli RTAFB, Thailand rescued five crew members, in simi-darkness and fog, who had bailed out of their crippled KB-50J aircraft shortly after takeoff about 12 miles from Takhli RTAFB, Thailand. One HH-43B was crewed by 1st Lt. Larry N. Young (P), 1st Lt. John M. Parks (CP), A1C Joseph E. Ivansco (FM), A2C Lonnie W. Bunting (FF) and A1C Leroy Bruner (FF) and the other by 1st Lt. Kenneth C. Franzel (P), Capt. Kenneth W. Dotson (CP), Capt. Karl J. Stumph (Flt. Surgeon), SSgt. Bobby G. Call (FF) and A1C Donald E. Farris (FF). http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetrotortips.htm

1964 - November 18-19; The first large scale CSAR operations of the Vietnam War took place when two HH-43B's (possibly #62-4564 & #62-4565) (Call sign "Pansy 88 and Pansy 89") from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand attempted to rescue the pilot of a F-100D (Call sign "Ball 3"), Capt. William Reynolds Martin, who's aircraft had been hit by AAA fire and shot down near Ban Senphan, Laos on 18 November 1964. The search for him was unsuccessful on the 18th, however his wreckage was located on the 19th and an Air America H-34 lowered their co-pilot and he discovered that Capt. Martin died during his ejection when he hit the rocky ground. The H-34 recovered his body. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & http://wwwh43-huskie.info/framesetpedro.htm & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe 

1964 - December 01; A HH-43F crewed by Capt. Boyles (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) rescued the pilot of a A-1E, 1st Lt. K. P. Roedeman after he and his WO bailed out of their ground fire damaged aircraft near Phuoc Vinh. The WO, D. S. Tan, VNAF, did not survive and was not recovered. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & JRRC Mission Form

1964 - December 22 - January 22; CH-21's, HH-43's, CH-3's and H-19's from various unit were involved in the humanitarian airlift operation "Operation Big lift" to provide rescue and relief efforts for victims of heavy flooding and mudslides in northern California. The USAF & Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947-1994 by Daniel L. Haul

1965 - February 02; HH-43B #59-1567 with Det. Prov. 01, AARC at Asmara, Eritrea while supplying HIRAN site #14, elevation 11,500 ft. No other information is available at this time. http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetnew.htm

1965 - February 02; A HH-43B from Det. 7, 38th ARS, medevac'd three wounded in action in RVN. No other details are known at this time. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - February 07; A HH-43F from Det. 6, 38th ARS, crewed by Maurice G. Kessler (P), Mark C. Schibler (CP), Richard E. Cannon (FE) and Leon Fullwood (PJ) rescued the pilot of an O-1E, Rexford T. O'Connor, in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 08; A HH-43F from Det. 5, PARC, crewed by Capt. James E. Hartley (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) rescued the pilot of a VNAF A-1E, Maj. Hung, after he bailed out his aircraft. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 09; A HH-43 from Det. 7, 38th ARS, medevac'd five unkn troops in contact in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 -February 11; A USAF rescued helicopter rescued A-4C pilot, Lt. W. T. Majors, from the sea off the coast of North Vietnam, almost immediately after he ejected from his damaged aircraft. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson

1965 - February 13; A HH-43 from Det. 7, 38th ARS, crewed by Brown (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) rescued one named Forrester from a downed UH-1B in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 13; A HH-43 from Det. 7, 38th ARS, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) rescued one unkn from a downed O-1E in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 16; A HH-43F from Det. 7, 38th ARS, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) medevac'd one unkn in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 19; A HH-3 from Det. 5, 38th ARS, crewed by Robert D. Furman (P), Dale V. Hardy (CP), Robert E. Crites (FE) and Berkley E. Naugle (FE), rescued the WSO, J. L. Moran, after he and his pilot, R. S. Kan, ejected from their F-4C in Laos. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 19; A HH-3 from Det. 5, 38th ARS, crewed by Norman B. Kamhoot (P), Charles P. Rush (CP), Theodore M. Youngblood (FE) and Harry W. Birtel (PJ), rescued the Pilot, R. S. Kan, after he and his WSO, Robert E. Crites, ejected from their F-4C in Laos. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - February 19; A HH-43F from Det. 6, 38th ARS, crewed by Edwin A. Hennigson (P), Maurice G. Kessler (CP), Richard A. Connon (FE) and Leon Hennigson (PJ), rescued medevac'd James Hunt in RVN. No other details are known at this time. JRRC Mission Form

1965 - March 02; During the first Combat Rescue mission to occur in North Vietnam a HH-43F helicopter, from Da Nang AB, RVN (Call sign "Brandy 95") and operating from Quang Tri, RVN, crewed by 1st Lt. Joseph P. Phelan (P), Capt. Clyde W. Lemke (CP), SSgt. John T. Regan (FE) and Sgt. Jon Young (PJ), rescued a downed VNAF A-1H pilot WO Van Phu, from the Gulf Of Tonkin and then went into NVN to attempt to rescue a downed F-100 pilot, 1st Lt. Hayden James Lockhart, but they were not able to find him and he became a POW. The 'high' bird on this mission was "Pedro 96" crewed by Maj. Ronald L. Ingraham (P), Lt. Donald Welsh (CP), Larry K. Andereson (FE), Amn. Young (PJ). "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & http://wwwh43-huskie.info/framesetpedro.htm & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - March 02; The first successful Combat Rescue in North Vietnam occurred when an HH-43F, from Det. 5, PARC at Da Nang AB, RVN (Call sign "Brandy 96"), crewed by Maj. Ronald L. Ingraham (P), Lt. Donald Welsh (CP), Larry K. Anderson (FE) and John H. Moore (PJ), rescued F-105D pilot, Capt. Robert V. Baird, who was participating in the first "Rolling Thunder" strike mission against North Vietnam after he had ejected from his AAA damaged aircraft near his target near Xom Biang, NVN. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - March 02; The first night Combat Rescue occurred in Laos when an HH-43B #62-4510 (call sign "Brandy 21") from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand, crewed by Capt. Israel "Izzy" Freedman (P), Capt. James "Jim" O. Rodenberg (CP), A3C Frank P. Hanutke (FM) and A1C Herbert H. Romisch (PJ), rescued F-105D (Call sign "Baste 19") pilot, Maj. George W. Panas, who was participating  in the first "Rolling Thunder" strike mission against North Vietnam, from near Tchepone, Laos. The 'high' bird on this mission was HH-43B #60-0279 (Call sign "Brandy 41") crewed by Capt. Warren Davis (P), an unknown flight surgeon flew as co-pilot (CP), TSgt. John J. Kelly (FM) and SSgt. Enson J. Farmer (PJ). "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & http://wwwh43-huskie.info/framesetpedro.htm

1965 - March 02; An HH-4B from Det. (Prov.) 4, crewed by Capt. Joseph Kelly (P), Larry N. Young (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued F-105D pilot, Capt. K. L. Spagnola, from near Roi Et, Thailand after he ejected from his ground fire damaged aircraft. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - March 05; An HH-43F, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and William J. Flowers (PJ) rescued the crew of a downed HH-43F, crew and location unkn. William Flowers was left at the sciene due to weight limitations on the pickup bird. This is suspected to have occurred in Thailand, but no other details are known at this time. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - March 26; An HH-43F from Det. 5, PARC, crewed by Joseph F. Phelan (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued the pilot of a USN F-8D, Lt. C. E. Wangeman, from the South China Sea after he ejected from his AAA damaged aircraft about 20 miles north of Da Nang AB, RVN. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - March 31; An HH-43B #60-0279 (Call sign "Alban 21") from Det. (Prov.) 2, Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand, crewed by Capt. Jay M. Strayer (P), James C. Rodenberg (CP), Cecil A. Boothby (FE) and Ensom J. Farmer (PJ) and Herbert H. Romisch (PJ), rescued F-100D pilot, Capt. Ronald A. Bigoness, after he had ejected from his aircraft that had been hit by ground fire near Ha Tinh, NVN and he flew it about 20 miles into Laos. The 'high' bird on this mission was HH-43B #60-4510 (Call sign "Alban 41") piloted by Capt. Israel Freedman (P), and Capt. Warren Davis (CP), A3C Frank Hanutke (HM), SSgt Harold Stroud and A2C Eric Anderson.

http://wwwh43-huskie.info/framesetpedro.htm & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - April ??; Det. 3, PARC (P) was activated at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand (with 2 HH-43B's).

http://www.pjsinnam.com/vn_history/pdf_files/Chronology/1965.pdf

1965 - April 05; An HH-43 crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued F-105D pilot, Capt. T. Gay, from near Ban Pang, Laos after his aircraft was shot down by ground fire. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson.

1965 -April 27; An HH-43B from Det. 3, PARC at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand (NKP) crewed by Capt. James O. Rodenberg (P), Capt. Jay M. Strayer (CP), A1C Cecil A. Boothby (FM) and A2C Henebry (PJ), rescued a USN Navy A-1H pilot, Lt. (jg.) Scott B. Wilkes, who had bailed out of his ground fire damaged aircraft that he had managed to fly to within two miles of NKP. http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetrotortips.htm

1965 - April 30; CH-3C #63-9680 from the 341st SMWg. (SAC) at Malmstrom AFB, MT., crewed by Capt. Ken Winden (P), Capt. Ed Heft (CP), Capt. Capp (CP) and Bevon R. Dowell (FM), crashed and exploded into flames moments after takeoff from a central Montana Air Force Minuteman Missile launch site. The 4 man crew and 8 passengers received burns, but none were believed seriously injured. The Montana Standard (Butte, Montana)-Sat. May 1, 1965

1965 - May ??; Det. 5, 38th ARRS arrives at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand with their 2 HH-43B's for local base rescue and SAR. http://udornrtafb.tripod.com/id55.html

1965 - May 04; A HH-43B from Det. 6, 38th ARS at Bien Hoa AB, RVN, crewed by Capt. Ed Cook (P), unkn (CP), SSgt Thomas Hughes (FE) and MSgt. Charles "Chuck" Walther (PJ), using the HH-43 rotor wash with SSgt. Hughes and MSgt. Walther using the FSK fire suppression kit, put out a fire on a B-57, loaded with bombs, and probably saved an entire flight line of 12 B-57's loaded with 750 lb. bombs. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - May 05; HH-43B #59-1549 with Det. Prov. 01 at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand that was involved in a landing gear incident at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, was repaired and returned to service as of May 07, 1965.

 http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetnew.htm

1965 - May 12; A HH-43B from Det. (Prov.) 2, Nakon Phonom RTAFB, Thailand with Capt. Joseph E. Ballinger (P), 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk (CP) and Davod M. Cutillo (FE) and Rainey (HM), rescued the pilot of a F-105D, Schneider, after he ejected in Thailand when his aircraft had an engine failure. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - May 15; A HH-43B from Det. (Prov.) 01, PARC, crewed by 1st Lt. E. J. Hartke (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued 3 Thai civilians. No other details are known at this time. JRCC Save Form

1965 - May 17; Two HH-43B's from Det. 3, PARC at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand crewed by Capt. Bruce Hepp (P), Capt. Stanley O. Schaetzle (CP), SSgt. Roberto Rodriguez (FE) & A1C Richard A. Wallace (PJ), in the "low bird", rescued F-105D pilot, Capt. James J. Taliaferro Jr., from near Ban Kia Na in North Vietnam. The "high bird" on this mission was crewed by 1st Lt. Walter F Turk (P) Capt. Joseph E. Ballinger (CP), A1C William A. Robinson (FE) (later a POW) and Amn. Marvin F. Brenaman (PJ).  "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - May 28; A HH-43F from Det. 4, PARC, crewed by John A. Boyles (P), Kenneth L. Spaur (CP), Emil F. Miehlke (FE), Harold E. Moak (PJ) and Richard O. Steinnert (PJ), used their FSK to rescue the crew of a US Army UH-1B helicopter in South Vietnam. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - June 02; HH-43F #63-9713 (Call sign "Rescue 96") from Det. 5, PARC at Da Nang AB, RVN crewed by Floyd Lockhart (P), no co-pilot was aboard, SSgt. Dewey A. Kilpatrick (FE) and A2C Randolph M. Smith (PJ) was lost when it was hit by ground fire while on a SAR mission for a downed USMC O-1B in RVN. The HH-43F crew was rescued by the second bird on this mission which was HH-43F #63-9714 (Call sign "Rescue 95") crewed by Capt. James E. Hartley (P), Capt. James V. Berryhill (CP), SSgt. Homer L. Ramsey (FM) and A2C William J. Flower. The crew of the O-1B, 1st Lt. Eugene Heister and Capt. Werner Erhard Lutz were KIA. http://wwwh43-huskie.info/framesetpedro.htm & "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetrotortips.htm & http://www.jollygreen.org/jltnc.htm

1965 - June 08; Two HH-43B's from Det. (Prov.) 2, Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand with Capt. Thomas J. Curtis (P), Capt. Bruce C. Hepp (CP), David M. Cutillo (FE) and A1C Richard A. Wallace (PJ) in the "low bird" rescued F-105D (Call sign "Teak 01") pilot, Capt. Harold "Buff" Rademacher from nearly 80 miles north of the DMZ in North Vietnam. The "high bird" on this mission was piloted by Capt. Stan Schaetzle (P) and 1st Lt. Walt Turk (CP), Francisco Alverado (FE) (later a POW) & Michael Henebry (PJ). "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson

1965 - June 08 - 12;- The 341st Strategic Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB, just east of Great Falls, responded with emergency flood relief in the Browning, Augusta, Choteau, Dupuyer, Vaughn, Sun River, and a host of other Montana communities. Setting up a disaster control center under Base Commander Col. George Budway by 2:00 p.m. on June 8, while Lt. Col. Thomas Beavers took charge of the 13 base helicopters for rescue and relief missions. Air Force airlift operations continued from June 8 to 12. Two HH–43 helicopters from the Western Air Rescue Center’s Detachment 8 at Glasgow AFB, Montana, joined rescue efforts, sometimes hoisting stranded flood survivors from the tops of buildings. Larson AFB, Washington, sent four H–19 helicopters from the 462d Strategic Aerospace Wing to deliver relief supplies to isolated areas. The United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations 1947–1994 by Daniel L. Haulman Air Force Historical Research Agency Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

1965 - June 09; A HH-43B from Det. (Prov.) 2, Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand, crewed by Richard A. Laine (P), Capt. Joseph E. Ballinger (CP), Darwin L. Devers (FE) and Michael T. Henebry (PJ), landed to pick up Capt. Carroll D. Keeter & Capt. Gerry L. Getman who ejected from their F-4C (Call sign "Leopard 04") in Thailand after it ran out of fuel. The pilots were not injured and the NKP crew waited with them for almost an hour until a HH-43 from Ubon, RTAFB arrived to return the F-4C pilots to Ubon. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - June 14; HH-43B #59-1562, crewed by Capt. Vance E. Need (P), Capt. Chuck Proft (CP) unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), was damaged in a crash landing about 10 miles SW of Mukdahan, Thailand when it suffered a main transmission gear failure. The crew were all rescued by another helicopter on June 15, 1965. The HH-43B was recovered, repaired and returned to service. http://www.h43-huskie.info/framesetnew.htm

1965 - June 15; A HH-43B from Det. (Prov.), Thailand, crewed by E. J. Hartke (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), medevac'd three Thai's in Thailand. No other details are known at this time. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - June 21; A HH-43, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued the WSO of a F-4C, Capt. Curt H. Briggs, after he and the pilot, Capt. Paul Anthony Karl had ejected near Ta Chan in northwest North Vietnam after their aircraft had been shot down by a MiG.-17. The pilot, Capt. Karl, became a POW. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - June 23; A HH-43B from Det. (Prov.) 2, Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand, operating from a Lima Site in Laos, crewed by Bruce C. Hepp (P), Thomas J. Curtis (CP), Alvarado Grancisco (FE) and James E. Poole (PJ), rescued a F-105D (Call sign "Pine 01") pilot, Maj. Robert W. Wilson, from about 20 miles NW of a bridge near Cha Noi, North Vietnam. Maj. Wilson landed in trees and was rescued about 90 minutes later by hoist from his parachute harness without ever setting foot on North Vietnamese soil. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - June 25; A HH-43B from Det. 5, PARC, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ) rescued the pilot of a T-28. No other details are known at this time. JRCC Save Form

1965 - July 01; The 38th ARS was activated at Tan Son Nhut AB, RVN. Lt. Col. Edward Krafka became its first commander. The 38th ARS acted as a headquarters for all ARS helicopter detachments which became PCS units. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - July 03; A HH-43B from the 38th ARS, crewed by Capt. David E. Allen (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued the pilot of a F-105D (Call sign "Chevy 01"), Capt. Kenneth R. Johnson, from Laos after he ran out of fuel. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - July 06; The SAR capability in SEA increased dramatically when two Sikorsky CH-3C's, on loan from TAC, arrived at Det. 1, 38th ARS at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand.

"Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & http://alaska.net/~jcassidy/pdf_files/PJs%20Korean%20War.pdf

1965 - July 20; A HH-43F from Det. 6, 38th ARS at Bien Hoa AB, RVN. crewed by Capt. Carl G. Layman (P), Maj. William T. Hayes, Jr. (CP), TSgt. Joseph W. Blaquiere (FM) and A2C Michael R. Donegan (PJ), rescued the pilot of a F-100D, Lt. William Barriere, in darkness, heavy rain, poor visibility, low ceilings and high winds caused by thunderstorm activity, after he had ejected from his aircraft after it hit a tree while on a close air support mission for the 1st Infantry Division in RVN. The 'high bird' HH-43F on this mission was crewed by Darvan E. Cook, Donald E. Stanahan (CP), Domenick J. Cocuzzi (FE) and Kenneth W. Williams (PJ). http://h43-huskie.info/framesetrotortips.htm & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - July 24; A USAF helicopter crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ). rescued the crew of a USN A-6A, Lt. Cdr. R. P. Bordon (P) and Lt. (jg) P. F. Moffett (CP), after they had ejected from their damaged aircraft while on a bombing run in the Steel Tiger area of Southern Laos. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson

1965 - July 24; A HH-43B, crewed by Tom Curtis (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued the pilot of a F-105D, Maj. W. J. McClelland, after his aircraft was hit by AAA forcing him to eject just inside the Laos border with North Vietnam. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson

1965 - July 27; A USAF CH-3C (Call sign "Shed 85"), crewed by Capt. George C. Martin (P), Lt. Orville Keese (CP), Sgt. Curtis Pert (FE) and Sgt. Gordon C. Thayer (PJ), that had staged out of LS-36 in northern Laos, rescued F-105D pilot, Capt. Frank J. Tullo (Call sign "Dogwood 02") after his aircraft had been hit by AAA fire and he ejected. He landed in tall elephant grass near Hoang Trung, North Vietnam, about 5 miles west of the Black River. During the rescued the hoist failed and he was flown, dangling 70 feet below the helicopter, to a site about 1/2 mile away where they could land and get him inside. Capt. Tullo was the first pilot rescued in the Vietnam War by a CH-3C helicopter.  "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - July 28; A HH-43B from Det. 1, 38th ARS, crewed by 1st Lt. Walter F. Turk (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), operating from a forward base in Laos, rescued the pilot of a USN A-4E, Lt (jg) Grant R. Townsend, after he ejected from his aircraft, in Laos, that was damaged on a bomb run attacking a AAA site 50 miles south of Vinh, North Vietnam. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - August ??; A-1's began flying escort missions for rescue helicopters in SEA.

http://uscgaviationhistory.aopero.org/images/U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20Aviation%20in%20Vietnam.pdf

1965 - August 10; A USAF helicopter crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued F-105D (Call sign "Pepper 04"), pilot, Capt. M. J. Kelch, who had ejected from his damaged aircraft in northern Laos after being hit by 37 mm anti-aircraft fire. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson

1965 - August 22; A CH-3C from Det. 1, 38th ARS, crewed by James Stambaugh (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued F-105D, pilot, Maj. Dean Andrew Pogreba, from his damaged aircraft in northern Laos after being hit by 37 mm anti-aircraft fire. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - August 24; A CH-3C, crewed by James Stambaug (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and unkn (PJ), rescued the pilot of an F-105D, D. A. Tagreco, after he had ejected as his aircraft. No other details are known at this time. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - August 24; A CH-3C, crewed by unkn (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE) and Gordon C. Thayer (PJ), was involved in a rescue. No other details are known at this time. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - August 30; A HH-43B, at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand, rescued the pilot of an F-105D, Lt. Col. Hendricks, from his burning aircraft after he aborted his take off and the aircraft failed to engage the runway barrier, his tail hook missed the cable and crashed into trees and brush beyond the end of the runway. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson 

1965 - August 31; A HH-43B from Det. 5, 38th ARS, crewed by David. E. Allen (P), John K. Forsythe (CP), George O. Lepsey (FE) and Bedford T. Lockard (MT), rescued the pilot of a F-105D, Maj. William H. Bollinger, after he ejected, about 50 miles SW of Piu-Tho, North Vietnam, from his AAA damaged aircraft that had been attacking a bridge near Piu-Tho. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - September 02 - 03; Floods in the area around Aviano, Italy, caused extensive damage. Det. 10, AARC, at Aviano AB, saved the lives of 13 people. Capt's Robert S. Henderson & James A. Darden, Jr., later received the 1965 Cheney Award in regognition of this mission. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - September 06; A HH-43F from Det. 7, 38th ARS, crewed by Tom Seebo (P), Arthur F. Machado (CP), Homer Ramsey (FE) and William J. Flowers (PJ), rescued one crewmember of a B-57B, Capt. W. C. Hamann, after he ejected over Da Nang Bay when his aircraft had an engine failure. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - September 06; A HH-43F from Det. 7, 38th ARS, crewed by Wilford Hamann (P), Bruce A. Purvine (CP), Pat Bowers (FE) and Randolph M. Smith (PJ), rescued one crew member of a B-57B, Capt. Robert J. Lane, after he ejected over Da Nang Bay when his aircraft had an engine failure. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - September 06; A HH-43B, crewed by Hubert M. Berthold (P), unkn (CP), unkn (FE), unkn (PJ), rescued the pilot of a F-105D (Call sign "Dodge 02"), Capt. Gary D. Barnhill, over northern Thailand when his aircraft developed a fuel leak while air-refueling and he quickly disconnected as his aircraft caught fire, he ejected and shortly after his aircraft exploded. "Vietnam Air Losses" by Chris Hobson & "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe

1965 - September 09; A HH-43F from Det. 6, 38th ARS, crewed by Raymond L. Murden (P), Carl G. Layman (CP), Joseph W. Blaquiere (FE), Michael R. Donegan (PJ) and William Pitsenbarger (PJ), medevac'd E-4 Ralph Williams from a downed UH-1B in SVN. "PJ's in Vietnam" by Robert L. LaPointe