Posts Tagged ‘1957’
UNK
Randolph AFB, TX
11 Jun 1957
Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, TX)Wed, Jun. 12, 1957, page 1 Three Die In Air Crashes (By The United Press) — Three Persons were killed and two injured Tuesday in three widely-separated aircraft crashes in Texas. First Lts. Frederick D. Rupp of Montpelier, Ohio, and Richard Holliday on Marion, Ohio, were killed when their helicopter crashed…
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H-21
Elmendorf AFB, AK
23 May 1957
Oshkosh Daily Norhtwestern (Oshkosh, WI)Fri, May 24, 1957, page 2 One of 11 Hurt in Helicopter Crash ANCHORAGE, Alaska (U.P.) An H-21 helicopter of the 5039th Air Transport Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base crashed 85 miles northwest of Anchorage near the village of Willow Thursday night, the Air Force reported today. An Air Force…
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H-19
Edwards AFB, CA
3 Jan 1957
An H-19 from Edwards AFB, CA., crewed by Capt. Wayne W. Eggert (P), Newell H. Lynch (CP) and Charles M. Scott (FM), crashed while flying to Rosamond Dry Lake to pick up a drag chute, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash was determined to be a missing cotter pin in the control…
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H-19
Ashiya, Japan
28 Mar 1957
The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE)Wed, Apr. 03, 1957 page 6 Dead Identified TOKYO (Wednesday) (INS) – The Far East Air Forces Command released the names of three American airmen killed in a helicopter crash on Nationalist China’s Formosa Island last Friday. They were:First Lt. William Roger Hendrickson, of Knoxville, Tenn., Airman 2C Walter Samuel Williams…
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H-13
Bryan AFB, TX
11 Jun 1957
Lubbock Evening Journal (Lubbock, TX)Wed, Jun. 12, 1957, page 1 Three Die In Air Crashes (By The United Press) — Three Persons were killed and two injured Tuesday in three widely-separated aircraft crashes in Texas. First Lts. Frederick D. Rupp of Montpelier, Ohio, and Richard Holliday on Marion, Ohio, were killed when their helicopter crashed…
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