Posts Tagged ‘1973’

The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT.)Tue, Mar 13, 1973, page 25 Crewmen Injured in Copter Crash Three crewmen escaped serious injuries Monday afternoon when their H-43 Husky helicopter on a routine training mission crash-landed at Ogden Airport. The crewmen are members of the 1550th Air Crew Training and Testing Division at Hill Air Force Base. One…

A USAF HH-3E assigned to Det. 13, 41st ARRWg. at Osan AB, Korea crashed into a mountain near Osan AB while conduction a routine night training sortie. Killed in the crash were: Lt. Col. Joseph Mudd (P)2nd Lt. Larry Thorson (CP)SSgt. Jerry Sorentino (FE)SSgt Robert P. Koecher (PJ). This entire crew were decorated Vietnam War…

Playground Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL.) Wed, Oct 17, 1973, page 1 Hurlburt Man Dead In Crash Air Force Officials confirmed Tuesday that Sgt. Billy R. Essary 21 of Finley, Tenn., and the 317th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field had died in the crash of a helicopter at Fort Bragg, NC., Monday. A…