Huey's in Vietnam
Feb 2, 2018 09:52:28 #
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Feb 2, 2018 10:34:53 #
...love it! But the stats are a bit misleading (harrrumph!). About 1100 AH-1G Cobras were used in VN, out of which 300 were lost in combat (and, no doubt, some accidentals)...I got to sit front seat for 100 hours or so, what a ride! And, of course, my aircraft, the OH-6A. 1419 were produced and 842 were lost, mostly shot down cuz, after all, our (Cav) mission was to shoot until we got shot at. So we got shot at on a fairly regular schedule, lol.
Feb 2, 2018 10:49:40 #
VHPA has all the statistics on a/c losses both combat and others, accidents, tail numbers and the number of KIA
Feb 2, 2018 10:58:15 #
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Feb 3, 2018 02:18:29 #
Blaster34 wrote:
VHPA has all the statistics on a/c losses both combat and others, accidents, tail numbers and the number of KIA
...yes I know...I'm just crabby that me and my gun buddies were included with a "...mostly." Hahaha...it's all good, we have our monument coming!
Feb 3, 2018 07:30:35 #
chasgroh wrote:
...yes I know...I'm just crabby that me and my gun buddies were included with a "...mostly." Hahaha...it's all good, we have our monument coming!
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Feb 3, 2018 07:46:10 #
Feb 3, 2018 08:54:33 #
Huey Driver wrote:
Huey's in Vietnam
I don't think we used Hueys on my first trick. I think most of our choppers were H19's. My memory is becoming AWOL. USMC 60-67
Feb 3, 2018 08:54:36 #
Feb 3, 2018 09:18:22 #
olddutch
Loc: Beloit, Wisconsin
We have one in the Hanger for Maintence.. I look at it and wished it could talk.. Great Bird.. thank you for your Service...
Feb 3, 2018 10:14:23 #
It to gonads to fly one of those in Vietnam - and as I understand it, you sat on your flak jacket if you wanted to keep them!
Feb 3, 2018 10:28:06 #
sb wrote:
It to gonads to fly one of those in Vietnam - and as I understand it, you sat on your flak jacket if you wanted to keep them!
Not really, even a flak jacket wouldn't stop a bullet although I did lay my 45 over my ornaments...๐
Feb 3, 2018 11:04:10 #
Thanks, from a former Huey, OH-6A and Ch-47 Chinook pilot. Yes, we lost a bunch over there. This one ruined one day for me. They said it was a mechanical thing, but I still wonder if I was shot down. Guess Iรขยยll never know. I did manage to survive the 1400รขยย fall without injury. Great ship, that Loach. Scanned from an old print.
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