Posts Tagged ‘March 2006’
Prairie Fire Emergency Exfil – 18 Nov 69
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 One Prairie Fire emergency exfil that I vividly recall occurred on 18 Nov 1969. Jerry Kibby was my co-pilot two FE’s /door gunners were SSgt Jim Burns and SSgt Charlie Hill. The SOG team had come into contact with the NVA close to “The Trail” during the night. After a running…
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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 The Christmas tree was the hydraulic servos that were under the cockpit of the H-21. They were accessed by removing a panel under the nose. I think there were four of them & they were crisscrossed over top of each other & a bear to work on the top ones. I…
Read MoreSome of Bill Crawford’s Photo Mapping Tales
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 That is CPC corrosion preventive compound on the nose. We painted all the seams & chipped paint because we operated off the LST & it helped to keep the corrosion off the chopper. One day my pilot, Dick Bourne ask me if I could paint an 8 ball on the nose…
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