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Vietnam Helicopter loss data


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Does anyone know if there is a chronological listing of U.S. military helicopter losses in Vietnam? There is a great book on American fixed wing aircraft losses by Chris Hobson but I need the equivalent resource for helicopters.

 

A couple years ago, I found a Website that would detail the events of a crash when you plugged in the tail number of a bird. Great information but you need to know about a specific helicopter first to get any useful data.

 

I'm specifically looking for data on crashes between January and March, 1965. As early as that time frame is, I don't think there were that many aircraft being lost on a daily or weekly basis. Thanks to anyone who might offer some suggestions.

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Kurt Barickman

I think there is but you need to search the individual unit such as the HMM 364 Purple Foxes. I could be wrong.

 

Kurt

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Thanks for the responses. I did manage to connect with a link via Joe Baugher's site to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. I had visited their site before but never noticed there was a chronological listing of KIAs. That narrowed things down a lot but only covers those crashes or flight incidents where a crew member or passenger was killed.

 

Presumably, a crash where all walked away is still recorded as a lost helicopter but not in that specific part of the data base as no fatalities occurred. Still a lot closer than I was before.

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