Posts Tagged ‘1969’

S/N 66-14996 HH-53C #67-14996 from the 55th ARRS at Eglin AFB went out of control and crashed 36 miles southwest of Eglin AFB during aerial refueling and crashed in the water. All on board were killed. No other details are available at this time. ~FROM THE DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE (ROCHESTER, NY) FRI, OCT 10 1969…

Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PN.)Thr, June 5, 1969, page 2 Helicopter Crash Kills 8 Airmen TAMPA, Flla (AP) — Eight airmen were killed Wednesday when an HH-43B Air Force Husky helicopter plummeted into a scrub brush field on a return flight from Avon Park bombing range to MacDill AFB. Base officials withheld identification of…

The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) 3 September 1969, page 21 COPTER CRASH KILLS 5 U. S. Air Force Craft on Training Flight in Florida Milton, Fla. (AP) — Five air-men were killed yesterday when their jet-powered helicopter crashed in a marshy ravine two miles west of Highway 87 near the Yellow River. The…