ARMY AIR CREWS: Fixed Wing Aviation Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths

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Date	Name(s)	Location	Insignia	Notes
Fixed Wing Vietnam Losses }-> 1963-1973

10 JAN 14	CW3 Andrew L. McAdams [P] SGT Drew M. Scobie [C] CIV Kristopher L. Noble [PC]	Afghanistan		TF ODIN KA-300 (N) 195AE C/S: PURSUE 46 A/C crashed 1.8nm of runway while on base leg approach to Bagram. Investigation determined that A/C was flown within 2 mi of a C-17 and entered wake turbulence at approx 400-500 AGL and departed controlled flight and hit ground at high velocity and high angle of impact.
13 OCT 09	CIV Randolph Bergquist [P] CIV J.B. Anderson [P] CIV Jeff Lehner [C]	Afghanistan		LOCKHEED MARTIN C-12C #78-23135 C/S: RED HANDED 56 A/C crashed while on a counter-narcoterrorism operation in Nuristan province. A/C was found 7 days later.
12 AUG 03	CPT Kevin M. Norman [PI] CW3 David W. Snow [IP]	Korea		A/6/52 AVN C-12F3 #84-0169 A/C crashed on a maintenance test flight 7 mi SW of Camp Humphreys. A/C entered a spin while performing stall checks.
15 MAR 02	CW4 Lowell K. Timmons [P]	Arizona		Golden Knights UV-20A #79-23253 Midair collision with a civilian aircraft near Marana airport while conducting routine aerial training for the US Army's Golden Knights parachute team. Civilian acft landed safely.
26 MAR 01	CW4 George A. Graves [P] CW4 Lance L. Hill [P]	Germany		1/205 MI RC-12K #85-0154 Recon A/C mysteriously plummeted into a remote forest NE of Nuremberg.
03 MAR 01	CW4 Johnny W. Duce [P] CW2 Eric P. Larson [P] SSG Robert F. Ward Jr [FE] 21 VA NG killed	Georgia		Det 1, H/171 AVN (FL ARNG) C-23B #93-1336 A/C crashed due to cargo shifting during turbulent weather (Official). The head of the investigation dissented and blamed extreme turbulence and windshear with faulty weather radar, poor route selection, and imbalance of cargo as the cause of the accident.
23 JUL 99	CPT Jennifer J. Odom [P] CW2 Thomas G. Moore [CP] CPT Jose A. Santiago Jr [C] PFC T. Bruce Cluff [C] PFC Ray E. Krueger II [C] Colombian AF PAX: MAJ Alfonso Murillo LT Aponte E. Mesa	Colombia		D/204 MI BN O-5A #N5382W A/C departed airbase at 0135 hrs and crashed into a mountain in southern Colombia at approx 0400 hrs. Pentagon stated no evidence that narco-guerrillas shot down the plane.
06 NOV 98	CW3 Daniel W. Hunter [IP] 2LT Kelly D. Hall	Germany		1/205 MI RC-12K #85-00151 While conducting routine training near town of Erlach, A/C departed controlled flight, entered clockwise spin from which crew was unable to recover.
16 APR 97	CW3 Allen D. Clark [P] CPT Michael A. Norris [P]	Georgia		B/224 MI RC-12N #89-0272 A/C plummeted into a marsh of the state nature preserve near Ossabaw Island, while on a routine training mission.
12 NOV 92	COL Thomas Clark [P] CWO John Pospisil [CP] SFC Richard E. Brink BG Thomas C. Carroll MG Kenneth W. Himsel SGM Llewellyn A. Kahklen SGT Michael J. Schmidt COL Wilfred E. Wood	Alaska		AK ARNG C-12F #85-1261 C/S: GUARD 261 Crashed into a mountain range, at an elevation of 2600' in the Chilkat Range, on approach to the Juneau airport.
16 JUL 92	MAJ Michael B. Farmer [P] DAC William Abbott DAC Robert D. Robbins	Georgia		USAATTC C-23A #84-0466 A/C from Ft Rucker was in cruise flight at 5500' AGL, performing an air-worthiness evaluation. During cruise configuration with gear and flaps up, crew performed single-engine stalls with critical engine (right side) shut down and prop feathered. When A/C approached stall speed it snap-rolled right about 115 deg, continued to roll about with right wing in nose-low attitude. At 4000' AGL, A/C stabilized in a fully inverted position but continued slowly rotating counterclockwise, impacting ground inverted, nose low, with little fwd airspeed and was consumed in post-crash fire 4 mi N of Colquitt at approx 0830 hrs.
13 NOV 90	DAC Thurman F. Garnand [IP] MAJ Thomas V. Hart CW2 Paul L. Godwin	Florida		FLIGHT SAFETY INTL King Air A90 #N2EP A/C crashed and burned while trying to land near runway at Bob Sikes Airport, where a wheel was found and then skidded 100 yds before stopping upside down, during a training flight from Ft Rucker.
01 DEC 89	CW4 Gaylord M. Bishop Jr [P] CW4 Howard E. Morton [CP] SPC Peter Rivera-Santos [C] PFC Mark C. Elkins [C] CIV Ronald N. Whiteley Jr	Maryland		INSCOM CASA-212 #88-0320 (N296CA) A/C crash occurred shortly before preparing to land at Patuxent River NAS. The crew had been conducting tests of tracking equipment during the short flight from Davison AAF at Ft Belvoir. A/C abruptly rolled right about 60 degrees, pitch nose down about 80 degrees, crashed and sank into the water about 50 yds off shore, in 45' deep water. Reportedly, A/C crashed because the flight crew inadvertently selected "beta range" on the propellers at 800', stalled and crashed into the river.
16 DEC 88	CWO James L. Pearson [MP]	Georgia		A/151 MI (GA ARNG) OV-1D #62-5885 A/C hit the ground in a small clearing in a nose-low, left-wing low side slip. Crew compartment was destroyed on impact and left engine was embedded into the ground about 6'. Pilot was found 300' from initial point of impact still strapped in his seat. Crash occurred in Cherokee County about 2 mi W of I-75 shortly after takeoff from Dobbins AFB.
23 DEC 87	CIV William T. Lamb [P] CIV Terry M. Miller CIV Farrell V. Walker	Oklahoma		DOSS AVN T-42A #65-12703 A/C took off from Post AAF at Ft Sill and crashed while on a routine maintenance test flight 4 miles south of Cache at 1350 hrs. A/C entered a stall which quickly developed into an uncontrollable spin.
24 MAY 87	WO1 Mark T. Beggs [P] PFC Joseph W. Price [TO]	Florida		151 MI (GA ARNG) OV-1C #60-3749 A/C was in trail formation about 1 mi apart in cruise flight about 800' AGL and 170 KIAS while practicing ways to stop drug smugglers south of Miami in Elbow Cay when #2 engine caught fire. A/C pitched up, rolled right, inverted and crashed into the water. Fuselage was found on Cay Sal Bank under 30' of water.
20 JAN 87	MAJ Michael G. Johnston [P] DAC Carroll L. Baird [CP] BG David H. Stem	Missouri		AVN DIV/ANAD U-21A #67-18061 Mid-air at approx 1230 hrs with Sachs Electric Co. Piper PA-31 at 7,000' MSL over the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence while enroute to Ft Leavenworth from Ft McClellan. There were 3 fatalities on the civilian aircraft.
22 SEP 86	CW4 Robert L. Collins [P] CW4 Richard W. Stein [P]	Arizona		A/470 MI RG-8A #85-0048 "SENIOR BAND" A/C crashed shortly before 1200 hrs on private property SW of the Bisbee-Douglas International Airport during training mission from Ft Huachuca.
24 APR 86	CW3 Peter G. Peterson [P] IP injured	California		[Need A/C Unit] L-13 [Need Tail#] A/C glider crashed during training at Edwards AFB after tow line broke. Glider stalled and plunged 150' to the ground at the Fantasy Haven Air Park in Tehachapi.
13 JUL 85	CW4 Phillip A. Parrish II [IP] 3 ground injuries	Georgia		A/158 MI (GA ARNG) OV-1C #61-2686 During a check ride and approx 200' AGL, IP cut #1 engine, however due to the temp and DA the A/C would not respond and began to roll inverted. Pilot ejected on command (using the lower handle) as the A/C rolled through 90 deg. At the same time that pilot pulled his handle, IP pulled the upper handle on his seat. However the delay from the upper handle allowed the A/C to roll completely inverted at the time of IP's ejection. A/C crashed approx. 1 mile from Winder-Barrow airport runway at 1238 hours.
12 DEC 84	CW3 Richard N. Blunt [P] CW2 John D. Hensley [CP] LTC James E. Palmer MSG William Reeves	Virginia		18 AVN U-21A #67-18062 Twin-engine plane from Ft Bragg crashed at approx 0647 hrs and exploded 500' from the airstrip in dense blanket of fog near Davison AAF at Ft Belvoir.
19 OCT 83	CW2 James Q. Tyner Jr [P] CIV John R. Bailey MAJ David M. Bishop	Georgia		81 ARCOM U-8F #62-3839 A/C was on a training flight out of Dobbins AFB at approx 1900-2100' AGL when airspeed was reduced, landing gear and flaps lowered, and began doing 180-deg turns. A/C snaprolled left and entered a steep, descending spiral and crashed through a grove of trees and exploded at approx 1300 hours on a wooded farm near Hiram. Cause was due to stall at altitude too low for recovery.
15 NOV 82	CW3 Hugh A. Lammons [P] CIV John D. Ottomeyer [OB]	California		USAAEF OV-1C #68-15948 A/C was undergoing dynamic and static spin testing to determine what effect the SLAR boom had on the A/C. A/C went inverted after a commanded "throttle chop" on the left engine. A/C entered a spin and, too low to recover, crew tried to eject and A/C impacted inverted, right wing first. Crash occurred at approx 1050 hrs, 5 mi E of the Boron Federal Prison on Hwy 395.
26 JAN 82	CW3 Warnie B. Anderson [P] DAC IP injured	Georgia		[Need A/C Unit] OV-1D #67-18920 Crew was performing a two-engine go-around at 104 KIAS and 150' AGL when left engine failed. A/C began rolling to left as IP continued flight while trying to restart the inop engine. When it became apparent that control would be lost, IP order rated student pilot to eject, but he failed to do so. A/C was conducting IP training out of Ft Rucker and crashed at uncontrolled airport in GA. DAC injured in ejection.
28 OCT 81	CW2 Roger A. Thiel [P] SP5 Gordon R. Brown [OB]	Germany		73 AVN OV-1D #69-17003 A/C crashed approx 3 mi S of Bitburg AB near Meilbrueck. A/C was on a VFR photo mission at approx 400' AGL, entered a right turn by applying 30-deg of bank. Pilot increased bank to about 90 deg and allowed A/C to assume nose-low attitude. Turn was in excess of ATM bank standards, and A/C was returned to wings-level attitude with a high vertical sink rate just before impact.
14 JAN 81	CW3 Sandy L. Oliphant [P] SSG Roger A. Meadows [OB]	Texas		B/15 MI OV-1C #68-15935 A/C from Ft Hood crashed and burned near Lampasas during a maintenance test flight for engine rigging and nose gear strut replacement. The INS had stretched a wire/pulled a pin at a computer connector and the pin relocked.
27 FEB 80	CW4 Gerald L. Randall [P] SP5 Kenneth P. Seeley [OB]	Arizona		A CO/USAIC OV-1D #69-16999 A/C was on a routine training mission from Libby AAF and proceeded in a route over pilot's house. A/C flew in easterly direction at low-level over house continuing over a highway at approx 100' AGL, then entered a steep climb to near vertical position, stalled and rolled to an inverted nose-down position and crashed due to insufficient altitude to recover and burst into flames at 1720 hrs approx 10 mi S of Sierra Vista in the Stump Canyon area. Investigation determined ejection was not attempted. Crash due to unauthorized low-level flight combined with high airspeed, high gross weight and steep bank angles.
09 NOV 79	CWO George A. Summerall [P]	Georgia		159 MI (GA ARNG) OV-1C #61-2720 Approx 16 min into a solo training flight from Dobbins AFB, A/C crashed in wooded area about 9 mi N of Dawsonville, killing the pilot who did not attempt ejection. After departure, pilot cancelled the IFR flight plan and proceeded toward Dahlonega under VFR. A/C began making numerous heading and altitude changes and crashed at an angle in excess of 45 deg. Definite cause could not be determined.
05 APR 79	CPT Donald G. Monk [P] CW3 Michael L. Mooring [IP]	California		USAADTA OV-1D #69-17000 Crew was conducting aerial maneuvers at specified altitudes at NWC China Lake, which included flight below 100' AGL. A/C went through a series of maneuvers and during a low-level outbound run, A/C went into a bank in excess of 90 deg and a high rate of descent from 865' AGL, disappeared from sight behind a hill and crashed left wing low with aft portion dragging the ground for 140' before the fuselage hit ground at approx 0800 hrs about 14 mi SE of the main gate. A/C began breaking up, strewing wreckage for approx 1100'.
29 JUL 78	CPT Michael D. McClendon [P] SFC Ronald R. Conquest [OB]	Alaska		172 MIDAS OV-1C #67-18917 A/C from Ft Wainwright crashed at approx 1400 hrs during a routine flight near Paxson Lake while enroute to Cordova.
13 JUL 78	CIV Ivan B. King [P] CIV Dennis J. Gabriel [P] CPT Walter C. McClesky Jr SSG Luis I. Lebatard 1 injured	North Carolina		USAIMA DHC-7 A/C crashed in a cornfield at approx 2145 hours during an Army training exercise (Robin Sage) near Fort Bragg after hitting a tree on an unlit airstrip.
12 FEB 78	CW3 William H. Brannan Jr [P] SP5 Lawson O. Bittaker [OB]	Georgia		GA ARNG OV-1C #61-2698 After take-off the pilot requested a return landing, reporting a runaway prop but didn't declare an emergency. A/C circled around for final approach to the runway and started losing altitude. Pilot maneuvered the disabled A/C over a large apartment complex, when A/C started taking out treetops 18' AGL. TO was given the command to eject, as he ejected the A/C rolled inverted slamming him into the ground killing him instantly. Pilot never ejected as the A/C crashed in the woods on the opposite side of Hwy 401 from across the runway at Dobbins AFB. During maintenance of the engine, glass pellets used in the shot peening process to clean the inside of the engine casing were not removed causing the crash.
20 JAN 78	CW3 James D. Thompson [P] MAJ Tommy R. Smith [P] PVT Walter J. Penchikowski MAJ Paul G. Schlude MAJ James R. Smith	Turkey		TUSLOG, DET 4 U-21F #66-18011 "ESEK 11" A/C crashed near the Black Sea coast on a snow-covered mountain top near Sinop on a return flight from Istanbul. While flying on actual instruments, crew used APN-158 weather radar to navigate and descend over mountainous terrain. During descent, the engine malfunctioned and A/C crashed into side of mountain.
05 NOV 77	CW3 James W. Smith [PC] CW2 Jack D. Carpenter [CP] 1LT Robert A. Anderson LTC Edward Halbert MSG Orin D. Steinolfson	Kansas		1 ID U-8G #58-1364 A/C crashed in a wheat field near Grandview Plaza after experiencing engine trouble and was attempting to circle back to Marshall AAF at Ft Riley. Cause due to tight turn at low altitude and crew became disoriented or stalled the A/C.
14 JUL 77	MAJ James E. Jones P injured	Kentucky		2ND ROTC REGT AA-1 #N5652L A/C crashed at approx 0930 hours near Vine Grove while flying from Elizabethtown to Ft Knox after developing engine trouble. A/C struck 35' high wind sock and crashed.
05 MAY 77	CWO Franklin D. Davis [P] COL Paul G. Lewis	Michigan		IN ARNG U-8D #57-6052 A/C was descending from cruising altitude of 7000' for landing approach when No 2 engine malfunctioned, was feathered, caught fire and descended uncontrollable. Engine separated before impact and A/C plunged into a field in a near vertical attitude at approx 215 KIAS at 1610 hrs about 1/2 mi N of Volinia. Suspect fire was fed by 5 quarts of oil stored in the empty right nacelle battery compartment.
10 FEB 77	CPT Donald W. Deeter [P] CW3 Ralph G. Battle [P] SP4 Paul E. Jones [CE] LTC William I. Barrett Jr LTC John S. Edge MAJ James W. Nelson MAJ Melvin J. Swiney	Alaska		HHC/222 AVN U-21A #67-18081 A/C disappeared near Cook Inlet while enroute from Elmendorf to King Salmon. Pilot was checking out the co-pilot as the copilot was new in Alaska. Tapes indicate the crew attempted to contact Anchorage Center for a higher altitude; however, they apparently did not climb to a higher altitude prior to reaching a crossing altitude. A/C was in complete IMC conditions. Nothing was found of the occupants, nor of the aircraft despite a massive search conducted by aircraft, mountain climbers, and intelligence aircraft.
26 MAY 76	LTC William R. Horton [P] CPT Michael A. Hawley [CP] PV2 Alan C. Schardijn	California		USAAEFA T-42A #65-12706 A/C was on night training flight in VFR conditions at dusk when it crashed at approx 1910 hrs into a cliff at 12,450' on mountain ridge 18 mi SW of Bishop on a flight from Edwards AFB enroute to Fresno. Crew flew A/C into a box canyon at insufficient altitude with suspected stoppage of left engine at critical point in flight.
17 MAR 76	2LT Lyle S. Pinson [MP] CW2 James L. Crowe [CP]	Arizona		159 MI (GA ARNG) OV-1C #60-3761 A/C crashed at Ft Huachuca while on a MTF and an Annual Instrument Renewal check ride. A/C declared emergency with #1 engine out, jettisoned drop tanks at 4000' AGL and 90-95 KIAS and crashed 1.9 mi from the end of the runway. Crew members sustained fatal injuries, one by crash forces and the other ejecting outside the safe envelope for ejection.
11 DEC 75	CPT Robert E. Brannan III [P] CPT Henry J. Dirska [P] SSG Danny M. Hobbs [OR]	Oklahoma		LE-AD U-8D #57-3100 A/C was RTB to Letterkenny Army Depot from Ft Bliss and crew filed for IFR flight shortly after pickup and after breaking out at 600' AGL on VOR-A circling approach, pilot reported turning right downwind for the runway. Shortly thereafter, A/C impacted 1-3/4 mi SSE of the approach end of runway of Gage Airport in a alfalfa field at approx 2120 hrs. Weather was 600 overcast, 7 mi visibility and light drizzle. Cause was due to possible disorientation due to weather and suspected power loss to engines.
26 APR 75	CW2 Richard W. Litell [P] CW3 Larry L. Kniep SP4 Norman L. Banks MSG Jackie D. Freeman LTC Alton R. Kieschnick	Texas		162 AVN U-21A #66-18039 A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 1800 hours, 1/2 mile E of the Ft Stockton airport after losing power in the left engine, rolled inverted, crashed into a parked Army tractor-trailer truck and exploded, while enroute to Ft Hood from Ft Stockton. Personnel conducted religious services for personnel in a road convoy returning from Operation Gallant Shield exercises.
22 FEB 74	MAJ Frederick D. Daniloff [P] CPT Kenneth F. Schrantz Jr	Alabama		USAASTA OV-1D #69-17018 A/C crashed and burst into flames near Columbia while on a test flight from Ft Rucker.
06 DEC 73	MAJ Billy H. Hook [P] 1LT Robert R. Rankin [OB]	Germany		73 MI OV-1D #69-17013 A/C exploded and crashed in a field near Huckelheim at approx 1800 hours during a training flight near Aschaffenburg.
13 JUL 73	CW2 David A. Wissler [P] SP4 Gary D. Summers [OB]	Germany		73 MI OV-1D #69-17014 A/C was on a VFR photo mission and while positioning for a photo pass, it was observed to turn and dive into the ground at approx 1520 hours near Baumholder AAF.
08 MAR 73	CW3 Richard A. Del Conte [P] CW2 Rodney H. Pease [CP] PFC Paul D. Albritton SSG Joseph C. Barbarick SGT Michael G. Buckley SSG Bartley L. Bullington SSG Cecil E. Davis SSG Raymond C. Kinser Jr SGT Edward M. Parrish SSG Joseph B. Pelter SSG James F. Rice SP5 Michael D. Wasley SGT Francis P. Welch SSG Robert T. Wolfe	North Carolina		Golden Knights EC-47 Plane carrying members of Army's famed Golden Knights parachute team to a Kansas performance exploded and crashed in a muddy cornfield near Silk Hope. *NOTE: Online Memorial for these Golden Knights.
15 NOV 72	CW2 Don Andrews [P] SP6 James T. Baszl [C] SP4 David R. Carlisle [C]	Illinois		5 FLT DET U-8D #57-6067 A/C crashed in a field north of Zion, near Winthrop Harbor while on a maintenance test flight from Ft Sheridan.
24 MAY 72	CW3 Norman D. McGowen Sr [P] 1LT Furman W. Massingale [OB]	North Carolina		159 AVN OV-1C #61-2693 A/C crashed 1.4 miles E of Piney Green, about 28 miles SE of Fort Bragg while on a training mission. P was a GA ARNG pilot on 2-week active duty assignment at the time. OB was assigned to 182 AVN.
05 MAY 72	CW2 Michael W. Latimer [P]	Washington		[Need A/C Unit] [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near Tacoma.
09 APR 72	CW2 Richard F. Race [P] LTC Michael A. Nolan	California		217 TRANS BN (CA ARNG) U-6A #51-16469 A/C crashed at approx 1620 hours at the Cuesta College airstrip while returning from a National Guard meeting at Ft Irwin. A/C struck a frame building used as a warehouse at the end of the runway and sheared off the left wing, veered toward the creek and fuselage landed upside down in the creek and caught fire.
12 FEB 72	CW3 Lawrence J. Screptock [P] LTC Joseph E. Burke Jr COL Lester M. Conger 3 injured	Georgia		3 ARMY HQ U-8F #61-2430 A/C was on a round robin IFR service mission when it crashed and burned while on VOR approach to Runway 8 at Fulton County Airport in marginal weather at approx 1543 hours.
24 FEB 71	MAJ William L. Hastings [P]	California		[Need A/C Unit] (USAR) [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Twin-engine crashed and burned in mountains NE of Redding near Little Valley on the Lassen-Shasta county line while on a routine training flight from Presidio's Crissy Field to Reno.
19 FEB 71	MAJ Steven W. Henault [IP] LTC William Caldwell [P] SFC Herbert Alex [OR]	Alaska		AK ARNG U-8D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at the 14,880 foot level of Mt. Sanford, 200 mi east of Anchorage while enroute from Whitehorse, YT to Anchorage. The plane had been at Whitehorse for 2 weeks for a maintenance checkup. MAJ Henault was RA and LTC Caldwell and SFC Alex were AKARNG.
08 FEB 71	DAC Wallace H. Martin [P] LTC John J. Miller [CP] SFC Bobby L. Blakeley	Alabama		[Need A/C Unit] C-47 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed during takeoff at 1100 hrs enroute to Marietta on a routine flight. A/C was assigned to Army Board for Aviation Accident Research.
29 OCT 70	LTC Elward E. Crow [P] PV2 Charles R. Grimsinger	Georgia		[Need A/C Unit] U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on Darby Range during support of a ranger night exercise on Ft Benning.
29 OCT 70	CW2 Paul R. Burtt [P] CW3 Maynard V. Reisinger [P] MG Edwin H. Burba 1 injured	West Virginia		1 ARMY FLT DET U-8F #62-3865 A/C from Ft Meade crashed while attempting to land at night on instrument approach in heavy rain at Tri-State Airport near Huntington killing the deputy commander of the 1st Army and two Army pilots. Crashed due to fatal design flaw in the fuel cross feed system.
09 OCT 70	CPT Terrence E. Wehrkamp [IP] CPT Stephen R. Ebert WOC Charles E. Jones Jr	Georgia		USAAVNS T-42 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in a wooded area approx 10 mi south of Fort Gaines near the Kolomoki Indian mounds near the Chattahooche River. A/C was located 6 days later.
14 SEP 70	LTC Thomas W. Wheat Jr [P] LTC Donald Grostic (USAF)	Colorado		44 AVN DET (ARADCOM) U-8N #62-3859 A/C crashed on a wooded hillside 5 mi south of Pikes Peak, in the Cripple Creek-Victor area, after encountering heavy fog after takeoff at 0820 hours while on a 3-hour training flight.
03 SEP 70	CPT Raymond E. McBride [P] 1LT Clarence L. Cossey [OB]	Washington		184 MI OV-1C #67-18928 A/C crashed on a mud flat near Grays Harbor while on a surveillance training flight. Recovered 5 days later due to tide and wx conditions.
27 AUG 70	LTC Clifford S. Athey [P] CP injured	Florida		31 ARTY U-8 [Need Tail#] Twin-engine crashed while on a training mission at approx 1130 hrs in an uninhabited area near Homestead General Aviation Airport in south Dade County.
25 AUG 70	WOC Laurence D. Nidy [P] CP injured	Alabama		USAAVNS O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C struck a utility pole and crashed into "Point A" Lake NE of Andalusia power plant during a training mission from Ft Rucker.
07 JUL 70	CPT Wayne L. Clement [P] PV2 Martin J. Geisen [OB]	Arizona		USACSEWS OV-1C #68-15949 Pilot radioed to Libby AAF at 2240 hrs that A/C was losing power and could not maintain altitude. A/C was later found crashed near St. David.
19 MAY 70	LT James A. Stevak IP injured	Alabama		USAAVNS O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed along Hwy 27 near Central City during a routine tactical training mission.
08 MAY 70	CPT Richard K. Robert [P] SFC Ted C. Sommerville	Germany		HQ BTRY/4 AD O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed when their light observation acft crashed near Ansbach flying from Goeppingen. Pilot was evidently trying to make an emergency landing on a narrow road when A/C flipped over.
08 FEB 70	CW3 Paul D. Jolly Jr [P]	Washington		[Need A/C Unit] [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Mid-air collision between two single engine planes south of Snohomish Airport.
06 AUG 69	CPT Jerry D. Vick [P] CIV Paul Martin CIV Doug Pierson	Washington		[Need A/C Unit] T-41 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in rugged land 5 miles N of Lake Cushman while conducting an aerial wildlife survey (elk tracking). The two civilians were with the State Game Department and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
27 JUN 69	CPT Gerald E. Bedford [P] CPT William R. Bryan 1LT Michael C. Straus CIV Stanley G. Magness	Maryland		AVN DET U-8 [Need Tail#] A/C bound for Ft Belvoir from Ft McClellan crashed in Charles County at 0630 hours in a wooded area 2 miles SE of Pomonkey airport while making an approach to Davison AAF.
28 APR 69	CPT Ronald B. Barlow [P] CPT Claude R. Grover [CP] DAC John F. Irwin 2 injured	Germany		USAREUR U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on Koenigstuhl Mountain shortly after takeoff from Heidelberg AAF enroute to Grafenwoehr.
18 APR 69	1LT Joel R. Graft [P] CPT Ralph W. Baker [CP] 1 injured	Arkansas		USAAVNS T-41 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed south of Booneville and north of Waldron sometime between 1930 and 2000 hrs while on a training flight from Ft Rucker to Tulsa, OK. The wreckage was discovered 2 days later.
11 APR 69	MAJ Laurence Frank Jr [P] LTC Miles W. Bowen CIV Harold D. Moir Jr CP & CE injured	Venezuela		IAGS U-1A #59-2221 A/C crashed while landing at San Antonio de Tachira airport near Colombian border enroute to Maracaibo. Reports state plane took off from Caracas and turned around minutes into flight, lost height rapidly, flew very low over roof of an airport building and crashed 110 yds short of airstrip.
27 FEB 69	MAJ Edward G. Haislop III [P] MG John S. Hughes 2 injured	Italy		SETAF U-8D [Need Tail#] A/C lost power, hit a cable supporting a billboard sign and crashed about 350 yds from the end of the runway on takeoff from Milan airport enroute to Pias. MG Hughes was the CG of USAREUR's Southern European Task Force.
06 FEB 69	MAJ James A. Weatherman [CP] CW3 Frank M. Thomas [C] P injured	Pennsylvania		CECOM U-9 #76531 A/C crashed at approx 1800 hours in a clump of trees on the Hob Nob Hill Farm in Forks Township while on a training flight from Lakehurst NAS. The pilot contacted the tower before the crash indicating that power to both engines were lost.
04 OCT 68	MAJ Charles M. Crowe [P] CIV Richard N. Hayward	Bolivia		IAGS [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned in a ravine 320 mi E of La Paz while on a routine supply mission.
08 APR 68	DAC Hendri A. Sumrall (MAJ-Ret) [P] PFC Donald S. Matsuno [CE] TSG Thomas Willis [OB] (USAF)	New Mexico		ARMY AVN DIV/HOLLOMAN AFB U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed between 1400-1500 hours on a hilltop 6 mi SE of Bent while searching for a test balloon launched at Holloman AFB.
03 APR 68	2LT Robert R. Smith [P] 1LT Danny L. Jaterka [P]	Alabama		USAAVNS O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned in an open field near approx 3 mi NW of Opp while on a routine tactical training flight from Ft Rucker.
31 MAR 68	MAJ John J. Ahern [P]	Taiwan		US MAAG U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near Hsinchu, 35 miles NW Taipei enroute from Taipei to Cheng Chuan AB.
12 OCT 67	MAJ Robert P. Plamondon [P] MAJ Robert L. Jenkins [P]	Italy		122 AVN OV-1B #59-2626 A/C departed at 0910 hrs on an IFR flight from Hanau to Verona. At 1304 hrs the pilot reported low fuel and declared an emergency and at 1312 hrs requested a GCA pickup and at 1325 hrs stated he had only 5 min of fuel remaining. Pilots ejected too low for chutes to deploy and A/C crashed in mountains near Bologna, south of the intended flight route. Landing gear was extended and flaps were set at 15 deg.
10 OCT 67	CPT James P. Perry [P] CPT Dennis A. Wrobleski [CP] SP6 Roger C. Fultz [C] CW2 Warren L. Johnson CW3 William J. Francis	Virginia		[Need A/C Unit] U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C from Ft Eustis went down at approx 1100 hrs in the Potomac River off Coles Point at Stoney Bar, about 20 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Cause of crash was determined to be a bent stop on the propeller governor which caused engine failure due to overspeed.
04 APR 67	1LT Homer P. Ledbetter [P]	Utah		USAR L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was apparently attempting to land on highway and crashed at approx 1715 hours after clipping telephone lines along US Hwy 40-50, 10 mi west of Knolls.
31 MAR 67	LTC Stanley H. McCullough Jr [P] MAJ Allen B. Jordan CPT Alton H. Byars	Mississippi	:	USAR Musketeer A23A (USAR Rental) A/C crashed in a clearing just short of a wooded area near the Guard airstrip while approaching Camp Shelby. Witnesses state the engine was running erratically, sputtering and cutting in and out. Investigation determined left gas tank was full but right gas tank was empty and fuel selector valve was positioned on right tank.
20 DEC 66	CPT Louis D. Easterday [IP] CW2 Daniel B. Vorc CPT Edwin G. Young III	Florida		[Need A/C Unit] U-8 [Need Tail#] Twin engine crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Marianna Airport while on training flight from Ft Rucker at approx 1430 hrs several miles N of Marianna in wooded area near SR 162.
27 OCT 66	WOC Charles S. Bearden [P]	Georgia		USAAVNS O-1A #51-12027 Mid-air collision over Liberty airfield at Ft Stewart during routine training flight.
27 OCT 66	WOC Roy J. Spadaro Jr [P]	Georgia
27 APR 66	MAJ Ben W. Stutts [P]	Georgia		[Need A/C Unit] [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Single engine liaison plane crashed in a Troup County swamp shortly after dropping off PAX at Auburn-Opelika airfield. Witnesses stated the A/C exploded in air and crashed at approx 1130 hrs.
15 MAR 66	CWO Robert T. Swanson [P] Sherman Roew [IP]	Alabama		USAAVNS OV-1C #61-2680 A/C was practicing night landings when A/C failed to gain sufficient altitude following a takeoff and crashed near the end of runway at Cairns AAF at approx 2200 hrs.
12 JAN 66	1LT Lorenzo Z. Kidder Jr [P] SP4 William J. Council	Germany		3 ACR [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed west of Wuerzburg near Marktheidenfeld while on a support mission for 3 AD conducting winter maneuvers.
10 DEC 65	CWO Joseph R. Mendes [P]	Alaska		19 AVN BN U-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in a steep valley in Chugach Mtns 13 mi NE of Anchorage on a 1-hour local training flight from Bryant AAF at Ft Richardson.
08 NOV 65	2LT Alvah A. Wallace* [P]	North Carolina		18 ABN U-6 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned 10 mi N of Spring Lake at Ft Bragg on a return flight from Ft Benning. *Wallace died in December of burn injuries received in crash.
24 OCT 65	CWO Elmer L. Rhoads [P] SP4 Frank S. Barone [OB]	New Mexico		[Need A/C Unit] O-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned near the Burnham Trading Post about 35 mi SW of Farmington while searching for Pershing missile debris.
25 AUG 65	CPT Gerald L. West [P] 1LT James L. Reed [P]	Oklahoma		USAAMS U-6A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned at Ft Sill while practicing a barrier take-offs near Landing Strip 15 when wing struck the metal barrier pole, traveled about 200' and entered a left bank and wingtip struck the ground, separating from the fuselage. Crew was rehearsing for an Army Aviation Demonstration to be performed that Saturday.
11 AUG 65	MAJ Austin K. Veatch Jr [P] CPT Richard D. Johnson [P]	California		USAATA U-8D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at approx 1500 hrs during a thunderstorm on the NE portion of Edwards AFB on a return flight from Yuma, AZ. A/C in 20 deg nose down and 30 deg right bank attitude in excess of of 200 KIAS.
07 AUG 65	CWO James L. Gray [P] Dr. John R. Morrison (COL-ret)	Minnesota		1063 AVN (IA ARNG) O-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned in a cornfield approx 1 1/2 mi NE of Watkins while enroute to Sac City from Camp Riley. Witnesses stated the plane was flying very low in heavy fog and barely cleared a small knoll when it nosed into the ground.
04 JUN 65	CWO George W. Stocks [P]	Alaska		[Need A/C Unit] O-1A #540 A/C crashed and burned on landing at the post airstrip at 2320 hours after spraying insect repellent at Ft Wainwright. A/C was approaching west end of airfield, initiated a 180-degree turn prior to landing, impacted the ground just short of the runway, skidded across the width of the adjacent taxiway onto a grassy area and burst into flames.
31 OCT 64	CPT Harley Barrick [P] SP6 Donald D. Baker CPT Richard M. Cannon SP5 Michael J. Degeyter CWO Lowell I. Farris CPT Albert D. Summers	Georgia		17 AVN CV-2B #63-9736 & #63-9749 During a flight of four and at approx 2500' AGL, two Caribou were involved in a mid-air collision during a training flight 18 miles S of Augusta during 11th Air Assault Division exercise (Air Assault II). After the two Caribou's wingtips clipped each other, one A/C crashed across the street from a grocery store and the other crashed in McBean Swamp about 1 mi S of the store.
24 SEP 64	CPT Max L. Seyfreid [P] CPT Barry A. Winkelman [P]	Germany		3 ID [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Recon plane crashed on takeoff at Gramschatz.
20 AUG 64	MAJ Richard F. Conner [P] SGT David D. Johnston [CE]	Peru		937 ENG (IAGS) U-1A #57-6117 A/C was assigned to the Peru Project of the Inter-American Geodetic Service (IAGS) based in Lima. A PAF Allouette was reported missing in the Rioja area in the NE part of Peru. The US Embassy requested IAGS aviation assistance for the rescue effort. Crew volunteered to investigate a possible sighting near the Rioja emergency airstrip. A short time later the A/C crashed into a jungle covered hill near the top, at 2,500' above the valley when the left wing tip contacted the dry limb of a large tree.
28 JUL 64	1LT Walton P. Waller [P] PFC Davis H. Dobson [AO]	Germany		B/3/3 ID OV-1C #62-5850 A/C flew to Gablingen AAF to rehearse for a demonstration of IR detection equipment and crashed and exploded near Gesthofen while RTB at Kitzingen.
24 JUN 64	CPT Ronald F. Estes [P] CWO Charles D. Martin [CP] SP5 Charles J. Bilskie 1LT Robert G. Dassler CWO Joseph J. Embrom SP4 Brannon W. Mills SP6 Robert W. Webster 22 injured	South Carolina		516 AVN CV-2B #62-4196 A/C crashed while attempting a night takeoff from a cow pasture near Ridgeway during Hawk Star I manuevers.
23 MAY 64	2LT John R. Leeds [P] SGT Dektin L. Teeter	California		B/82 AVN O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 1 mile SW of Ivanpah while participating in Operation Desert Strike. SGT Teeter was with the 101 ABN.
22 APR 64	CPT Richard H. Bitter [P] CPT Nelson E. Williams [P]	Georgia		226 ASA OV-1A #59-2605 A/C crashed into Juniper Lake just off the NE corner of Ft Benning.
22 APR 64	CPT William L. Patrick [P] CWO Billy Biglane [P]	Georgia		226 ASA OV-1C #61-2723 A/C crashed at Ft Stewart at approx 1700 hrs while flying on tree-top level mission.
28 FEB 64	1LT Donald G. Bischof [P] 2LT Lloyd W. Wuthrich	California		84 ENG O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed was taking off and at approx 200' AGL, the plane leveled off, banked sharply to the left and plunged to the ground at Needles Municipal airport. The plane was enroute to Ft Irwin.
08 FEB 64	COL Mansell A. Walker [P] CPT Wilson C. Parker Jr [P]	Germany		V CORPS U-8F [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in the Taunus Mountains NW of Wiesbaden while on a proficiency flight practicing ground controlled approaches into Wiesbaden AB. Forecast in destination area was 1000' broken, 1500' overcast and visibility 2 mi with light rain and snow. Several GCA approaches were made successfully by crew and during fifth approach under a "new" controller, at a point 4-4 1/2 mi from touchdown, A/C started a fast turn to the right heading for a ridgeline. Controller provided instructions for crew to continue a 360 deg right turn and maintain altitude and crew didn't acknowlege. A/C continued in right turn when it struck high tension wires approx 4.1nm from airfield, hitting the ground a short distance in a level attitude with high rate of descent and little forward momentum, caught fire and burned.
07 NOV 63	1LT Eugene J. Taylor [P] SP5 William F. Collins [OB]	Germany		B/503 AVN OV-1A #60-3738 A/C was returning to Hanau and flew down a valley and ran into reduced visibility, made a 180 degree turn to come back out of the valley but entered into IFR conditions. A/C cleared hill top by 10' but ran directly into a grove of large hardwood trees. A/C disintegrated as it went thru the trees.
14 OCT 63	LTC Stephen L. Walters [P] (USAF) 1LT Richard M. Montonati	Utah		[Need A/C Unit] O-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at 30 mi W of Dugway Proving Grounds while on a routine security check of the fences.
24 SEP 63	CPT James W. Hendrickson [P] MAJ Robert D. Marmaduke [OB]	Korea		7 ID O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C disappeared during a 12 mi flight from an airstrip on the Kimpo peninsula to Kimpo AB after radioing in for landing instructions from the tower. A/C crashed in an inlet of the Yomha River near Seoul. PAX body was found 28SEP and pilot's body was found 7OCT.
11 AUG 63	2LT Benjamin Wesley Taliaferro CPT Ronald Taylor	South Carolina		16 FA O-1 [Need Tail#] Army recon plane nosedived in a wooded area near the Wilson Creek Filter Plant just off Hwy 246 about 6 mi SE Greenwood during Operation Swift Strike III. A/C crew was based at Ft Chaffee.
09 AUG 63	SGT Robert C. Darnay [OB] P injured	South Carolina		2-2 AVN OV-1C #61-2725 A/C was on a night photographic runs, firing photo flash cartridges during Operation Swift Strike III. A/C was approx 1000' AGL, ejecting his flares when a white flash was observed, followed by a bright red flame which shot out ahead of the A/C. Pilot felt a severe jolt and briefly lost consciousness, could not control the plane and then pulled his face curtain and safely ejected at approx 0115 hrs near Ware Shoals.
04 AUG 63	CPT Travis L. Moore Sr [P] CPT Kenneth J. Alves CPT Gene A. Truit CPT Joseph M. Davis CPT Russell E. Cooper MSG Marvin E. Morgan	Korea		DET L, KMAG U-6 [Need Tail#] Army plane crashed and burned on 4,700' Pangdae-San Mountain while on a routine training flight from Kangson-ni to Pyongtaek. Wreckage was found 13AUG63 at 4,000' on the mountainside.
30 JUL 63	MAJ John R. Beler [P] CPT Henry F.C. Gebelt	Pennsylvania		US War College U-8F [Need Tail#] A/C was practicing low freq and ADF approaches to Allentown Muni Airport. A civilian light aircraft took off a few minutes before the U-8F was cleared for a straight-in, low approach from a low freq radio fix. Twelve minutes after the civilian plane took off, the U-8F reported over the OM outbound and 5 min later, the two planes collided almost head on at approx 2000' AGL causing both planes to disintegrate and crash in a cornfield, approx 1 mi west of the Allentown Muni Golf Course. CIV Fred W. Turner, in the other plane was killed.
31 MAY 63	1LT James N. Daniel Jr [P]	Korea		[Need A/C Unit] O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 20 miles N of Seoul.
23 MAY 63	DAC John J. Kochis [IP] 1LT James L. Futrell [P]	Georgia		USAAVNS OV-1A #59-2611 A/C crashed near Blakely while on a routine training mission from Ft Benning. Crew was practicing for the Memorial Day parade when A/C malfunctioned and flipped over at full throttle while landing.
23 APR 63	CPT Eugene H. Patton [P] PFC Carl H. Bell [CE] IP injured	Iran		[Need A/C Unit] U-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned shortly after takeoff near Masjid Suleiman. Suspect severe downdraft on climb-out course in vicinity of rugged terrain.
01 FEB 63	CPT Aubrey R. Boswell [P]	Korea		13 TC O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in a mountainous area some 20 miles N of Seoul while on a routine convoy control mission.
17 NOV 62	CPT Robert L. Sauberan [P] 1LT William O. Epting	Virginia		HQ QM CTR (VA ARNG) O-1 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned on a small arms range approx 1/4 mile S of the Ft Lee airfield at approx 1209 hours while enroute to Richmond to pick up an L-20 and ferry it back.
24 OCT 62	1LT Kenneth H. Joyce [P] 2LT Peter J. Van Vleet [OB]	Germany		3 AVN O-1A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 1 mi east of Ebrach while participating in Exercise Marne Rock. A/C was initiating a go-around, entered a right turn at approx 150' AGL and spun into the ground. Investigation determined that between 175-190 lbs of cargo were found in the baggage compartment behind the observer, approx 4.4" aft of the 139.7 lb limit.
21 SEP 62	CPT James H. Jenkins Jr [P]	Germany		503 AVN OV-1A #60-3730 A/C was on approach to a field strip north of Frankfurt, overshot approach and was attempting a go-around. As full power was applied, the left prop feathered (due to improperly set torque pressure switch set at 35.5 PSI) and directional control was lost. Just prior to left wing striking the ground, the pilot ejected but was too low for chute deployment. Investigation revealed marks on switch, indicating adjustment ring had been forcibly rotated with a screwdriver.
New Aircraft Designation AR 700-26 18SEP62
12 JUL 62	CPT Ronald W. Anderson [P] SP5 John A. Evans [CE]	Germany		503 AVN AO-1B #59-2632 A/C was flying straight and level at 1400' AGL when it pitched up, make a steep turn to the left and dive into the ground after takeoff near Grafenwoehr. Both crew ejected, but due to the dive attitude and low altitude, they sustained fatal injuries. The accident investigation determined the cause of the crash was an inboard aileron failure.
29 JUN 62	1LT Robert A. Kutzner [P]	Washington		4 AVN L-19E [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 3 mi west of Easton airport on a solo flight from Yakima to Ft Lewis. A/C was observed making a 180 deg turn, followed by 90 deg turn, appeared to be level for a moment, then dropped and crashed with little or no forward speed.
20 JUN 62	1LT Donald R. McGowen [P] SP4 Louis H. Farrow	Korea		7 AVN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in the mountains west of Hwachon reservoir just north of Mae Bong Mountain while patrolling the DMZ.
02 JUN 62	[P] 5 injured	California		U-1A [Need Tail#]
08 MAY 62	2LT William D. Shaw [P] 1 injured	Louisiana		149 AVN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at approx 1630 hrs while on a flight as part of training exercise Iron Dragoon at Ft Polk.
12 MAR 62	1LT Gerald J. Peeden [P] 1LT Joseph Ondi	North Carolina		[Need A/C Unit] L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned at a small airstrip near Camp Mackall on Ft Bragg.
09 MAR 62	CPT Billy L. Hill [IP] 1LT Donald M. Knapp [P]	Florida		USAAVNS AO-1C #60-3749 A/C crashed in an open field approx 1/4 mi short of the Malone Airport during go-around from simulated single engine approach. A/C apparently lost power, made low left turn and crashed.
06 FEB 62	CPT Benjamin R. Spiess [P]	Alabama		USAAVNS [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Mid-air collision of two planes near Enterprise. The other plane landed safely.
27 JAN 62	CPT Daniel L. Knotts [P] MAJ Donald A. Carder [P] LTC Walter R. Johnson CP & CE injured	Iran		572 ENG (TTT) U-1A #55-3317 A/C was on a MAAG operated flight from Qualeh Morgeh to Vahdati AB in Dezful. A/C climbed to 15,000', drifted approx 100 mi offcourse due to strong winds and eventually crashed into Zardkuh Mountain at 1146 hrs. Initial contact was made along a narrow ridge-line at the 12,500' level, causing stoppage of the engine and the left wing began to separate from the A/C. A/C became airborne again as the ground fell away from where it had impacted and struck the ground again further on and came to rest, inverted on its back in deep snow. Victims died of exposure because rescue attempts were hampered by bad wx.
06 JAN 62	CPT Thomas K. Wesp [P] CPT Terry T. Wedemeier [P]	Washington		[Need A/C Unit] L-21 [Need Tail#] A/C departed Gray AAF at Ft Lewis at 0630 hrs on a routine flight and crashed nose down in a heavily wooded slope approx 1 mi E of Shelton at 0845 hrs.
<DEC 61	P killed CE killed	Unknown		[Need A/C Unit] L-20A [Need Tail#] A/C was in flight of two L-20s on VFR ferry flight back to home field approx 3 1/2 hrs away. Wx at destination was given as 1500' broken, visibility 4 mi in rain and haze and enroute ceilings forcast at 1000' minimum and visibility 2 mi. Approx 50 mi out, flight encountered cloud layer and dropped altitude to 1500' and then 1000' trying to stay VFR. Flight entered clouds and lost contact with each other at approx 900'. Other A/C saw trees on rising terrain 200' below and made a steep climbing left turn and indicated he was breaking away. Lead A/C tried to make a level right turn and flew into a 40 deg mountain slope at 850' MSL.
<DEC 61	P killed 3 PAX killed Possible 21NOV60	Unknown		[Need A/C Unit] L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was attempting to takeoff uphill, downwind on a 2,400' runway, using 30" of manifold pressure and no flaps. A/C staggered off, rose 20' then slammed into a powerline pole at the end of the field. After hitting the pole and six powerlines, A/C continued for 350' and crashed at the edge of a dirt road, caught fire and burned.
<22 DEC 61	P killed CP killed Possible 27JAN61	Unknown		[Need A/C Unit] L-23D [Need Tail#] A/C was RTB and was on the final leg of his 7 hr flight to the home base. The wx briefing indicated there would be thunderstorm activity with tops reaching 28,000' and moderate to heavy icing conditions and a cold front with 1/4" hail. The pilot attempted the flight and it disappeared.
03 OCT 61	2LT William W. Henzeh [P]	Germany		8 AVN L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at Finthen AAF while making practice approaches. During third approach to lighted tactical field at night. Wx not a factor.
19 SEP 61	CPT Orville H. Unnerstall [P] CPT Patrick E. Thomas [CP]	North Carolina		[Need A/C Unit] RL-26D #58-5512 A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 1125 hrs from MacKall AF and was found about 3 miles south of the airfield while on a routine cross-country training flight. A/C took off on IFR clearance and climbed into overcast at approx 550-650' AGL, then was seen apparently attempting to recover from an unusual attitude. Recovery was not completed in time to prevent crashing into trees and ground.
17 AUG 61	CPT James B.B. Morris [P] 2LT Charles L. Watson	Alabama		USAAVNS [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in a heavily wooded area on Ft Rucker.
20 JUN 61	1LT William G. Martin [P] OB injured	Colorado		16 CAV L-19E [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 11 miles SW of Salida near Little Cochetopa Creek while on a training flight from Ft Carson.
05 APR 61	1LT James R. Jensen [P] MAJ Harrison Perry	Tennessee		[Need A/C Unit] TL-19D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned 600 yds from the top of the northern slope of Holston Mountain on a flight from Ft Knox to Simmons AFB.
04 APR 61	CPT Oscar R. Harper [IP] CPT William M. Templeton [P]	New Jersey		SIG CORPS AO-1A #60-3724 A/C crashed during demonstration of new plane at 1720 hrs at Monmouth County Airport scattering wreckage for 80 yds. A/C crashed while performing low-pass barrel rolls. A/C dove and pulled out at approx 150-200 AGL, began left roll, hesitated briefly inverted, then continued with a noticeable left yaw. A/C lost altitude rapidly and struck ground while in a 15 deg right bank and 20-30 deg nose-low pitch, exploding on impact with ground.
17 MAR 61	LT James H. Stone 1LT injured	North Carolina		82 ABN (AVN SEC) L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on takeoff at Camp Mackall area while on a routine training flight. A/C veered right during takeoff from field strip, started a left turn and left wing struck trees, continued a left descending turn to impact and burst into flames.
26 FEB 61	1LT Enrique Mata [P] SGT Robert Modrow	Washington		[Need A/C Unit] L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed after colliding with another plane landing at Ft Lewis. Other plane was able to land safely.
27 JAN 61	CPT Joseph Thomson [P] YNCM Darrell A. Bost (USN)	Iran		ARMISH/MAAG L-23D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on 12,000' mountain southwest of Tehran between Hamadan and Khorrambad while enroute to Ahwaz. Pilot indicated to tower that ice was covering the A/C and flying in heavy snow storm over Bakhtiari mountains.
20 JAN 61	1LT Robert C. Ussery [P]	Alabama		AL ARNG L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C was returning from cross-country flight from Dayton, buzzing his house to signal he was home, when A/C crashed into a field off Pike Road near Montgomery.
16 JAN 61	1LT John H. Veidt Jr [P] CE parachuted	Germany		504 AVN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was flying night cross-country and crashed in a plowed field near Nuernberg when it developed engine problems after takeoff.
27 DEC 60	1LT Donald G. Bales [P]	Tennessee		[Need A/C Unit] L-20A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near Piney Flats into Cove Ridge in the Holston Mountain range at approx 0030 hours while on a training flight from El Paso to Ft Belvoir.
22 DEC 60	MAJ Willis L. Lukowicz [P] MAJ Joseph Hugeninuen [CP] (USAF)	Italy		[Need A/C Unit] L-23D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Fiumicino while on a flight from Pisa to Athens.
21 NOV 60	MAJ Leland H. Willard [P] DAC Levi W. Boyce CIV Robert M. Carman 2 Turks killed	Turkey		[Need A/C Unit] L-23D [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burst into flames near Kuseli while enroute to eastern Turkey.
21 NOV 60	CPT Hugh L. Broyles [P] CPT Orrin H. Deuel [P] SP4 Joseph R. Karson Jr [CE]	Bolivia		937 ENG (IAGS) L-23D [Need Tail#] A/C plane caught fire and crashed near Viacha shortly after takeoff during a maintenance test flight. Suspect failure of right engine. Broyles was Chief of Geodetic Survey in Bolivia.
30 SEP 60	CWO Richard K. Brown [P] CWO Kenneth Kiester [P] SP5 Donald E. Peterman [CE] 1LT Robert L. Fisher MG Carl F. Fritzsche BG Thomas H. Hayes	California		[Need A/C Unit] U-1A #58-1693 A/C crashed in the fogshrouded hills near Oakland hitting a 250,000 gallon East Bay MUD water tank killing Ft Ord Training Center commander and his deputy enroute to the Army-California football game.
26 AUG 60	1LT Robert J. Holloway [P]	Korea		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 4 minutes after takeoff into a field 8 mi NE of Chuncheon.
15 AUG 60	1LT Richard R. Jentoft P injured	Washington		C/8 CAV 4 ID L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed into a hillside near Range 8 at 1658 hrs on the Yakima Firing Center while on training manuevers.
11 AUG 60	1LT Glen R. Judd [P]	Germany		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned near Stuttgart after striking a tree in fog while on the Grafenwoehr training area.
19 JUL 60	1LT Edward D. Bricking [P] 2LT injured	Missouri		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned on a training area of Ft Leonard Wood after striking a tree while flying low level.
11 JUL 60	CPT Attilio J. Tamborini [P] LTC Harry C. Barnes MAJ Sidney L. Davis MAJ Frank J. Gabriel Jr CPT Manuel V. Brasil MAJ Cleston W. Gilpatrick	Panama		ARMY AVN DET L-20A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in the Panama Canal 1 mile west of Gamboa while on a routine flight across the Isthmus. A/C was heard running rough and started a 180 deg turn and dived into canal during turn. Cause was due to collector shaft ball bearings found out of their race and some bearings were wedged between the impeller and collector, forcing the impeller back against the rear case.
01 JUL 60	1LT John Cox Jr [P]	Texas		36 ID (TX ARNG) L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C crashed while landing at a small airstrip near Old Georgetown Rd and Manning Mountain. *First fatal training accident in the division since WWII.
30 JAN 60	1LT Dudley G. Roe III [P]	Maryland		29 AVN (MD ARNG) L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned on a standard tactical mission with another light guard plane. A/C apparently was caught in a downdraft as it came in low over a wooded area and crashed in a barley field near US 213 approx 2 miles S of Church Hill.
04 JAN 60	1LT Walter Jefferson Jr [P] 2LT Graydon W. Goss PFC Albert L. Callais SP5 Donald R. Fletcher SP4 Henry A. Harvey SP4 George W. Hightower PFC Stephen T. Novak SP4 William C. Riley SFC Kenneth E. Spaulding PFC Henry J. Weyer Jr	Libya		329 ENG (IAGS) U-1A #55-2974 A/C flying in a flight of three from Wheelus AFB in Tripoli enroute to Bengasi crashed in the Mediterranean Sea during a storm. First Otter tookoff and took a route that carried it over water and the remaining two U-1As departed down the coastline, descending to 1200' AGL to maintain VFR, due to a line of thunderstorms. Search was conducted on first Otter and only a few small parts and personal belongings were found the next day.
13 OCT 59	1LT Richard R. Scott [IP] 2LT John N. Combs 2LT Gerald D. Cyrus 2LT James M. Chamness	Texas		USAAVNS L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was on a cross-country instrument training flight out of Ft Rucker, departed Dyess AFB at 1200 hrs to Ft Sam Houston when it crashed near at approx 1400 hrs near Boerne during a severe thunderstorm. Investigation determined that structural failure of aircraft was due to the stresses imposed by the severe turbulence within the storm.
13 SEP 59	1LT Thomas A. Thatcher [P] CWO Marion N. Sealy Jr	Korea		13 TC L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C went out of control and crashed into a river bank about 10 mi S of Uijongbu and then slipped into the water while attempting a forced landing. CWO Sealy was a helicopter pilot.
28 JUL 59	2LT William A. Hunt [P]	Alabama		USAAVNS L-19s [Need Tail#] Mid-air collision of two Army training planes at 900 AGL over a practice landing strip about 17 mi NW of Ft Rucker.
05 JUN 59	1LT Malcolm B. Wallace [P]	Ohio		Inflatoplane [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at Wingfoot Lake landing field after tail collapsed while pilot learning to fly A/C. Witnesses indicated engine was sputtering and went into a spin from approx 600-700 AGL. Pilot jumped from A/C too low for chute to deploy.
ARMY FIXED WING TRAINING MOVES FROM FT SILL TO FT RUCKER
08 MAY 59	1LT Robert H. Delaney [P]	Texas		502 AVN L-19A #51-5083 A/C crashed at approx 2300 hours on a training flight just off Hwy 281, south of Guadalupe River enroute back to Ft Hood. A/C impacted ground at 83 g's on heading of 145 deg, left wing low spiral, 40 deg attitude and after impact slid 146 ft. Bad weather in addition to faulty altimeter caused accident.
~MAY59	P & CP killed 3 others killed	Unknown		[Need A/C Unit] L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was performing low-level supply drop and during 5th drop, A/C got below tree level and attempted steep left turn, wings snapped to level and A/C began to settle, full power was applied but wing struck a treetop and was sheered off. A/C smashed into the riverbank and burst into flames.
16 APR 59	CPT Warren E. Bolich [P] 1 injured	Missouri		USAAVNS LC-126 [Need Tail#] A/C struck a tree and telephone wires while landing and crashed 100' short of the runway at Hornersville airport at approx 1900 hours. A/C was on a cross-country flight enroute from Ft Riley to Ft Rucker when pilot attempted a night landing at an unlighted airfield.
16 APR 59	2LT Donald E. Porter [P]	Texas		USAAVNS L-19 [Need Tail#] Plane developed engine trouble and crashed attempting emergency landing near Junction.
21 MAR 59	CPT Charles Nelson [P] CPT Charles F. Ward Jr [IP]	Germany		7 ARMY AVN SEC L-23 [Need Tail#] Light Army plane crashed near Stuttgart while conducting an instrument flight examination.
20 FEB 59	CIV Edward L. Sula [IP] 1LT Richard A. Stephens [P]	California		ROSS AVN Cessna [Need Tail#] Small plane struck an oak tree and crashed 10 miles SE of Livermore just under the crest of 3,000' Crane Ridge after leaving Oakland on a 20-minute instrument training flight to Stockton. Student pilot from UT ARNG was attending Army Aviation Instrument Training School conducted by Ross Aviation Corp.
14 JAN 59	DAC Jane M. Mullady	Korea		3 LT AVN L-19 [Need Tail#] A DAC assigned as a service club program director was killed when she walked into the spinning prop while attempting to board the plane at K-16 airstrip.
12 JAN 59	CPT Wade L. Shankle Jr [P] PVT John A. Ardussi	Washington		31 ARTY BDE L-20A #53-2806 A/C crashed in wilds of North Central Washington about 25 miles SW of Twisp on a flight from Ellensburg to McChord AFB. *A/C and bodies found in AUG 1959, located about 14 mi N of Stehekin and approx 95 mi N of Ellensburg at the head Lake Chelan; almost 90° off course.
07 DEC 58	1LT Walter H. Rogers [P]	Ecuador		937 ENG (IAGS) L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was enroute from Panama to Quito when it went missing. Pilot last radio contact indicated he was 50 mi away from Quito. Plane was discovered in the Nono mountains on 27FEB59 approx 30 mi west of Quito.
10 NOV 58	1LT Don M. Waldroop [P] SP4 Elwin E. Sipes	California		232 SIG L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C from Ft Huachuca crashed while participating in the closing operation of Exercise Rocky Shoals (amphibious maneuvers) near San Simeon. Shortly after takeoff, plane nosed up sharply to 150', stalled, then pivoted on the left wing onto its back plummeting to the ground and catching fire. Investigation determined cause to be the loss of the rear control stick immediately after takeoff. Pilot had climbed into back seat before takeoff.
19 OCT 58	1LT Warren C. Hunter Jr [P] 1LT Charles R. Hornecker	Oregon		41 DIV (OR ARNG) L-19 [Need Tail#] Shortly after taking off from Portland International Airport at approx 150' AGL, A/C nose veered up, fell off its left wing and plunged to the ground and burst into flames.
14 OCT 58	CPT Richard P. Carey [P]	Minnesota		175 FA BN (MN ARNG) L-19A #51-5038 A/C crashed into Green Lake at approx 0030 hrs after apparently striking some gulls while enroute to Willmar. Pilot's body was recovered 28OCT58 and A/C was discovered in 2004.
14 OCT 58	1LT Darold C. Dockum [P] CWO James C. Grubaugh [P] 2 injured	Germany		30 TC L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in heavy fog shortly after midnight 20 mi west of Fulda.
19 SEP 58	1LT William R. O'Neill [P] SFC Wayne L. Martin CIV Cutler R. Miller CIV Wallace Hitt	Arizona		416 SIG AVN L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was taking off in northerly direction from Papago Park airstrip and failed to clear a 30' high power line and crashed and burned into a vacant lot at 0930 hrs. A/C had just picked up two PAX and was returning to Ft Huachuca to test electronic equipment installed by Motorola when accident occurred.
17 AUG 58	CPT Lloyd Davenport [P] 1 injured	Pennsylvania		A CO/250 TANK BN (NJ ARNG) L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C plunged into the Delaware River at Sandts Eddy approx 5 mi north at 1525 hrs, after it stalled making a turn and spun out of control near Easton while on a training flight from Phillipsburg, NJ. A/C was climbing out after takeoff with 30 deg flaps, turning out over the river and was making a descending turn to the left and apparently lost depth perception, hitting the water at a high rate of speed.
25 JUL 58	1LT Lawrence M. Knapp Jr [P] CIV Joseph Webber [IP]	Texas		USAAVNS L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed while flying with his instructor on the last flight prior to graduating from Army pilot training at Camp Gary near San Marcos.
22 JUL 58	1LT Charles E. Guess [P]	California		[Need A/C Unit] L-19E #56-2548 A/C was on a topographic survey mission when it crashed at 10,000' level of the White Mountains 13 miles NE of Bishop while enroute to Winnemucca, NV. Wreckage was found 28SEP59 by a deer hunter.
16 JUL 58	1LT Victor M. Tilley [P]	Alaska		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed into a hill at Eagle River while on a flight from Ladd Field to Ft Richardson during heavy fog and cloud banks.
16 JUL 58	1LT Edward M. Pringle [P] SSG John L. Brown [C]	Arizona		USACSTATC L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned near Range 5 near Garden Canyon during a training flight from Ft Huachuca. *First recorded fatal air crash at Ft Huachuca.
06 JUL 58	CPT Joseph E. Allinder [P]	Maryland		CONARC L-23D [Need Tail#] Twin-engine liaison plane crashed at approx 1720 hours on a wooded knoll off Route 4 near Upper Marlboro during a blinding thunderstorm and apparently had lost the use of his radio and was attempting an emergency landing in a tobacco field while enroute from Ft Monroe to Bolling AFB to pick up PAX.
07 APR 58	1LT Robert J. Pratz [IP]	Alabama		USAAVNS L-19 [Need Tail#] Mid-air crash between two light planes at Ft Rucker and sank 40' into Lake Tholocco. Pilots were recovered the following day.
07 APR 58	DAC Ernest K. Holzelpfel [IP]	Alabama
24 FEB 58	1LT Peter C. Nast [P] LTJG injured (USN)	Massachusetts		42 DIV (NY ARNG) L-17 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on the frozen Connecticut River, between South Hadley and Holyoke, after it struck two power lines shortly after takeoff from Atwood Airport near Northampton while returning to Zahn's Airport in Amityville, NY.
14 FEB 58	1LT Richard M. Havelsky [P] 1 injured	Germany		593 FA L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed after an apparent engine failure near Wuerzburg during Exercise Sabre Hawk.
02 OCT 57	CPT Eual A. Cathey [P] COL Emery E. Hyde LTC Clinton G. Merrill COL David M. Perkins*	Vermont		HQ/1 ARMY L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on Lookout Mountain while on a flight from Governor's Island, NY to Burlington for a routine inspection of Army reservists. Cause was determined to be either icing or a faulty altimeter. Crash site was not located for 9 days. *COL Perkins died after crash of dehydration and exposure.
18 SEP 57	1LT R.E. Wright [P]	Texas		2 FA BN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 2 mi south of US 79 just west of New Summerfield at approx 0330 hours on a flight from Ft Polk to Ft Sill.
19 AUG 57	CPT Dewey H. Smith [P] CPT James W. Hancock [P]	Germany		[Need A/C Unit] L-23 [Need Tail#] A/C had made several landings during training and on final landing attempt approx halfway down runway, full throttle to right engine was applied. A/C yawed left on a heading approx 30 deg from the runway, passed over a hanger clearing it by only 5-10' and continued across an open area in left wing-low attitude. A/C missed nearby smokestacks and passed over factory building, crashing into courtyard and burst into flames.
24 JUL 57	CPT Kenneth R. Wagers [P] PFC Bobby J. Gillespie	Germany		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at Emery Airstrip while performing a flight demonstration before some 40 German children.
23 JUL 57	LT Alfred H. Robinson Jr [P] LTC William R. Hicks	California		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at 0850 hrs into the Monterey Bay and sank in 100' of water shortly after takeoff from the Ft Ord airstrip enroute to Hunter-Liggett military reservation. Witnesses state the plane was in level flight about 300' when fire broke out and went into a dive approx a half mile off the Fort Ord beach firing range.
02 JUL 57	CPT Paul E. Pointer Jr [P] PVT Eddie L. Sellers	Hawaii		AIR SEC/25 ID L-19 [Need Tail#] (partial last digits 25) A/C stalled shortly after takeoff from Bradshaw Field, nosed over and fell 200' into a bed of lava rock in the Pohakuloa Training Area in the vicinity of Mauna Kea volcano at 1155 hours while on a flight to Wheeler AAF.
12 JUN 57	1LT David W. Nurnberger [P] 2LT Thomas F. Speedy	Idaho		148 AFA (ID ARNG) L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C was circling low, stalled, crashed and burned in a wheat field at approx 1935 hours about 4 mi E of Rock Creek during annual Guard training manuevers at Gowan Field.
25 APR 57	LT Vincent R. Colainni [P] PFC Donald R. Tucker [OB]	Missouri		HQ SVC/62 ENG BN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was in flight of two L-19s making simulated strafing and bombing attacks on nearby troops and equipment. After 10 min of the simulated attacks, one A/C stated he was RTB to the post. The other A/C indicated he was going to get a jeep and performed a wingover and descended on a path toward in a nose low attitude until it struck the ground in a clearing and burned, headed in the general direction of the intended target.
11 APR 57	1LT George F. Sotomayor [P] SP3 Michael S. Varvel*	Louisiana		1 AVN CO L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned on takeoff near the Texas border, 25 mi NW of Ft Polk enroute to search for another plane reported to be lost (erroneous) near Many during Exercise King Cole. A/C reportedly reached an altitude of about 100', veered left shortly before crashing. *Varvel died 1 day later of burn injuries.
05 APR 57	1LT William H. Wallace Jr [P] PFC Dennis H. Ohman [CE]	Germany		3 AD L-19 [Need Tail#] Both A/C were performing flyover of various Kasernes of 3 AD when they collided in midair near Altenstadt.
05 APR 57	1LT Richard P. McDonald [P]	Germany
30 JAN 57	CPT Clifford D. Tresidder [P] 1LT Richard B. Collett [CP] 1 injured	Massachusetts		4 RCT L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed through pine trees and landed in flames about a 1.5 miles from Devens Airport off Lawton Rd after returning from a field exercise where the aircraft dropped parachutes simulating a supply drop.
21 JAN 57	1LT Leonard W. Moyer [P] SP3 Paul D. Carter [CE]	Georgia		3 ID L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was in a flight of eight planes on a training mission from Ft Benning when it crashed in a remote area 9 mi from Columbus. A second L-19 crashed into Pine Mountain, but 2 crewmen were injured.
18 JAN 57	1LT Robert N. Magnuson [P] 1LT Donald P. Melaven [P]	Alaska		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 #112676 A/C departed on a VFR cross-country flight at 1553 hrs enroute to Ladd AFB approx 3 hrs away. At 1925 hrs the AFB tower received a call from pilot requesting landing instructions. Tower indicated that the field was under IFR due to low ceiling. At 1927 hrs the pilot requested a controlled VFR clearance to continue flight and land at the AFB and tower responded but never received an acknowledgement. Bad wx held up SAR and two days later the wreckage was found about 6 mi from the airfield on the Tanana River 1-1/2 mi SE of Fairbanks Intl Airport.
06 NOV 56	MAJ Thomas S. Rankin* [P]	Japan		ARMY AVN DET/HQ L-23 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on takeoff near Camp Zama at the U.S. Far East Army HQ near Yokohama. Investigation determined that pilot overlooked a missing aluminum rivet that secures the control column locking pin to the locking plate. The control column locking pin was partially inserted in the control column, locking the ailerons and elevators. *Pilot died 3 days later of injuries.
27 OCT 56	1LT Darrell H. Mills [P] 1LT John R. Marschitz [P]	Texas		[Need A/C Unit] Ft Hood based L-21 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near East Range Rd and Cowhouse Creek at 1045 hrs on the Ft Hood reservation while on a routine training mission.
15 OCT 56	P killed CPT Henry K. Bradshaw	Hawaii		25 ID L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed nose first in a sugar cane field while trying to land on an old airstrip near Haleiwa on northern Oahu Island while on a routine flight.
21 SEP 56	1LT James C. Atkins [P] COL John J. Jakle	Korea		DET G/KMAG L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near the town of Hadong, 20 mi W of K-4, while traveling from Kwanju to Pusan.
13 AUG 56	1LT Daniel Marsh Jr [P]	New York		NY ARNG L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C got out of control during a steep right bank and nosedived into the ground and burned 2 mi N of Calcium.
03 JUN 56	1LT John E. Grinstead [IP] PAX killed	North Carolina		[Need A/C Unit] Ft Bragg based L-19A [Need Tail#] A/C was lead in flight of three Bird Dogs enroute to a civilian airfield for a static display of military aircraft for an aviation safety event in Selma. On the approach to the airfield, lead dropped to a very low altitude over the airfield and went into a steep climb. As the pilot did the wingover and dropped flaps, the A/C stalled, started into a spin to the left and struck the ground at an approx 30 deg attitude, coming to rest 82' past point of impact and burned. Pilot died 3 hrs later of head injuries.
10 MAR 56	MAJ Robert H. MacDonald [P] MAJ Byron Nudd [CP] 2 injured	Wisconsin		IL ARNG C-45 A/C tookoff at 1700 hrs from Camp McCoy airstrip during a blizzard and developed engine trouble within 3-4 min afterward. The A/C lost altitude, a wing was torn off by a tree and crashed into a hillside 10 miles SE of Sparta.
20 FEB 56	CPT German Donahoe	Korea		96 FA L-19 [Need Tail#] An artillery officer was killed when he walked into the spinning prop of the plane after he climbed out at an airstrip 35 mi north of Seoul.
14 FEB 56	CIV William Ferderber [P] MAJ Aaron G. Atkisson CPT James P. Dowling CPT Louis E. Durand	Canada		14 AVN U-1A #55-3252 A/C lost its left wing, plunged 5000', and crashed into a snow-covered farm north of Toronto during training at the DeHavilland factory prior to accepting a new acft to ferry back to Ft Riley. Cause of crash was due to A/C entering wake turbulence.
27 JAN 56	BG John R. Noyes* 3 injured	Alaska		AK ARNG L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in moutainside NE of Nome while on an inspection flight of Eskimo guard units. A/C was on the return leg of a round trip flight to Shishmaref. A/C ran into weather and icing occurred causing A/C to lose altitude. BG was sitting in CP seat did not have harness on and his head hit console when plane hit the mountain. *BG Noyes died 4 days later of injuries.
17 JAN 56	1LT Roy M. White [P] AGT Lawrence E. Davis	South Carolina		SC ARNG L-19 #51-12246 A/C stalled in a steep left turn and crashed 3 mi NW of Inman at approx 1440 hrs while flying a search mission for bootlegger stills.
07 NOV 55	2LT Harold S. Salvage Jr [P] 3 Polish PAX	Korea		[Need A/C Unit] L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at approx 1130 hours caused by snow flurries and low visibility 30 miles N of Kusan enroute to Kimpo airbase. The Polish PAXs were members of the Neutral Nations Truce Supervisory Commission.
07 SEP 55	CPT John R. Hall Jr [P] 1LT Eugene C. Etz (USAF)	New York		329 FG T-33 #53-4889 A/C was attempting an emergency landing at Stewart AFB shortly after takeoff for a routine training mission, crashing short of the runway.
21 AUG 55	CPT John F. Werfelmann Jr [P]	Germany		[Need A/C Unit] L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed 35 miles E of Frankfurt on a flight from the Grafenwoehr training area. Wreckage was found 3 days later after a 72-plane search party scoured the area. A/C crashed in a power-on spiral at a high rate of speed. Pathological examination found pilot had a 60 percent saturation of carbon monoxide. Coupled with marginal weather and darkness, it is believed to have caused vertigo.
20 JUL 55	CPT Walter J. McHenry [P] SP3 Franklin L. Watson PFC Robert E. Brethauer PFC Travis J. Eckert	Germany		7 ARMY FLT DET L-20 [Need Tail#] Midair collision of two army planes near Lorsch. One of the planes managed to safely land at an airfield approx half a mile away.
25 JUN 55	CPT Roy F. Moullen [P] 1LT Malcolm J. Stokes	Austria		[Need A/C Unit] L-19A #51-7414 A/C crashed in the Danube Canal and sank shortly after takeoff after experiencing engine problems.
22 JUN 55	1LT Bobby O. Greer [IP] 2LT Charles H. Jones Jr	Alabama		USAAVNS L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C was on a training flight and unexpectedly dove into the ground approx 5 miles NE of Geneva while circling over another plane that had made an emergency landing in a cotton field.
23 MAR 55	1LT James W. Walker [P] 1 injured	Texas		29 TC L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed one-third mi E of Coleman airport at approx 0200 hours after running out of fuel while on a night administrative cross-country flight from Ft Bliss to Ft Hood. Walker was the CO for the 29 TC, the first Army aircraft maintenance company to be assigned at Ft Hood.
10 MAR 55	CPT Kenneth M. Funchess [P] CPL J.B. Carpenter	Costa Rica		AVN DET (IAGS) L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed while returning to Fort Kobbe from San Jose.
17 FEB 55	PFC John A. Walsh	Oklahoma		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] Plane guide was directing a plane with flashlight at night when he backed into the prop of a taxiing L-19, killing him instantly. Accident occurred on the east range of Ft Sill during might manuevers.
20 JAN 55	LTC Thomas H. Glenn* PVT Robert C. Pipes	Korea		HQ/KCOMZ L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was hit by shell fragments around noon near the Korean DMZ hitting two PAX in the plane. Passengers onboard were attached to the Armed Forces Korea network. *LTC Glenn died 8 days later of wounds.
28 DEC 54	CPT John A. Hayes [P] 1 enlisted PAX killed	Austria		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed at approx 1010 hrs on an instrument testing flight 10 miles outside of Linz near St. Martin.
03 DEC 54	CPT Harold R. Martin [P] MSG Cleo H. Pedersen	Missouri		129 FA (MO ARNG) L-19 #51-4600 A/C crashed on a Missouri River dike near Amazonia at 1105 hrs shortly after leaving Rosecrans Field. Pilot appeared to be attempting an emergency landing, flying at tree-top level, when left wing hit a tree, flopped to the right and right wing sheared off continued approx 300' and hit another tree about 15' high, separating the tail, fell to the ground and caught fire.
03 DEC 54	2LT Bruce R. Campbell [P] 2LT George W. Withers	New Mexico		SIG CORPS L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned while landing in the Nike 3 area of the White Sands Proving Ground at approx 1130 hours.
08 NOV 54	1LT Hale S. Thomas Jr [P]	Germany		567 FA L-19A #51-4623 A/C crashed near Frickenhofen while enroute from Schwaebisch Hall to Schwaebish Gmuend.
02 OCT 54	1LT Gordon M. Duncan [P] CPT James M. Deshler [OB]	Korea		[Need A/C Unit] L-19 #51-4712 Six L-19s were performing a formation flight demo at an altitude of 100' above a reviewing stand at Camp St Barbara. Formation was divided into 2 groups of 3 planes with second group flying 3 sec behind the first. Lead A/C of #1 section pulled up straight ahead, while the wing planes pulled up and to the right and left respectively. The #2 section followed same pattern. Lead A/C of #2 section pulled up into the lead plane of #1 section causing the lead plane of #2 section to fall and spin to the ground. Lead plane of #1 section was crippled and made an emergency landing. No rehearsal was performed prior to accident.
16 AUG 54	1LT Pearl G. Bryant Jr [P] PFC Evan C. Mitchell	Alaska		147 FA L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed about 100 miles NW of Anchorage while flying supplies to a party on a training mission between Puntilla Lake and Farewell. A/C was within 1 mi of the end of a pass and was approx 1500' below the top. Pilot started to turn away from the pass at a point where the terrain rises very abruptly. During the turn, the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator cut off a treetop approx 12' from the ground causing A/C to veer left, striking the forward slope of an embankment.
15 JUN 54	CPT Robert H. Burton [P] OB injured	Minnesota		HHC/196 ID (SD ARNG) L-19 #112534 A/C crashed into the rear of a 2 1/2 ton parked truck during a mock air raid after it swooped low over a truck convoy and struck telephone and power lines at approx 1430 hours at Camp Ripley.
13 MAY 54	CPT Douglas E. Grubbs [P] COL Parker B. Simmons MAJ Hal Ragsdale	Tennessee		TN ARNG L-17 [Need Tail#] A/C took off from Berry Field at 0745 hrs and crashed approx 0815 hrs in a cornfield on the Galloway farm about 3 mi N of Lewisburg on Hwy 431 while on a flight to Ft McClellan for a conference with Washington National guard officials. A/C encountered bad weather and was apparently attempting an emergency landing when it crashed. A/C wing hit the ground and bounced back up for approx 75'
12 MAY 54	CPT Joseph F. Bermudez [P] PFC Martin J. McCarthy [CE]	Colombia		IAGS L-20 [Need Tail#] A/C was enroute to Panama where pilot was to fly an Army helicopter in the Army Day celebration that weekend. Approx 4 mi after departing Medellin airport, A/C lost power and could not climb over a mountain. Pilot made a turn and landed in a small field but overturned in a ravine and was consumed by fire.
12 JAN 54	1LT Joe C. Thomas [P] 1LT Joe S. Nicholson [OB]	Korea		45 AVN L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed into a mountainside and burned while returning from a 45 DIV training area.
25 AUG 53	1LT Raymond A. Shaffer [P] 1 other killed	Germany		HQ/206 FA L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed in a field after wing struck a cable near Dettelbach, 12 mi N of Kitzingen while taking part in the 28 ID maneuvers.
10 AUG 53	1LT James R. Knighton [P] CPL Howard Sweeney Jr [CE] LTC John R. Richmond	Alabama		AVN SEC L-23 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0425 hours 12 miles SE of Ft Benning bound for Pope AFB.
02 MAY 53	1LT Jack J. Cox [P]	Texas		49 AD L-19A #51-4861 A/C crashed in a field during landing attempt approx 4 mi W of Lewisville while on a routine training flight from Eagle Mountain Lake.
20 APR 53	CIV James K. Knox [IP] CPT Jack P. Keil [IP] 1LT Claude L. Cox Jr [IP] LT Don B. Alexander [IP]	Texas		AIR TRN DEPT LC-126C #51-6962 Midair collision with a Navy SNB, A/C crashed at approx 1600 hrs 16 miles NE of Gainesville near the Hibbett community while enroute to Ft Sill from Camp Polk, LA. The Navy plane landed safely at Perrin AFB.
25 JAN 53	CPT Robert C. Porter Jr [P] 1LT Cecil T. Schubert	Japan		24 ID L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C hit a mountain at North Camp Fuji and burst into flames on impact.
05 OCT 52	1LT J.R. Tatum [P] 2LT Alford F. Summy	Texas		AIR TRN DEPT L-19A #51-7440 A/C was on a training flight from Ft Sill to Bryan when it crashed and burned at approx 1700 hrs near Scotland after engine apparently cut out at approx 75' AGL and dove into the ground.
14 SEP 52	1LT Thomas E. Jones Jr [P] 2LT John Blanar Jr SGT Charles G. Harbel	New Jersey		SIG CORPS LT AVN LC-126 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed into an apple orchard near Matawan while on a routine training flight from Allegheny County airport to Red Bank airport.
03 APR 52	CPT Sidney L. Harrison [P]	Colorado		CO USAR L-19A #51-12126 Single engine plane was being ferried from Wichita, KS to Buckley AB when it disappeared near Denver during a snowstorm. *Wreckage was discovered 09SEP52 west of Palmer Lake.
11 JAN 52	1LT Jack T. Grider [P] MAJ Hugh B. Casey	Korea		5 LT AVN SEC L-19A #50-1444 A/C crashed shortly after takeoff from X-83 airstrip.
28 DEC 51	CPT Spencer E. Wallace [P] CPT Otto L. Evans	Arkansas		AIR TRN SEC L-17B #48-942 A/C crashed into mountain 15 mi north of Mount Ida in the Ouachita National Forest while on proficiency flight from Ft Sill to Little Rock. A/C was on return leg of trip when it crashed.
13 AUG 51	1LT Keith R. Robison [P] James N. Thomas Jr	Oregon		222 FA (UT ARNG) L-19 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on the east slope a few hundred feet from the mountain crest of Lake Mountain just west of Utah Lake.
08 MAR 51	CPT John J. Lortz [P] COL John W. Coffey	Germany		7787 AVN DET L-17 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed west of Coblenz while on a flight from Heidelberg to Bonn.
23 JAN 51	CPT William B. Castle [P] SFC Daniel R. Herman*	North Carolina		504 ABN [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed on the Ft Bragg military reservation while performing a liaison flight demonstration for HHC 504 ABN. *SFC Herman died 5 days later of injuries sustained.
12 DEC 50	2LT John H. Wilkinson [P] CIV Walter L. Wilkinson Jr	Colorado		CO ARNG [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed and burned at Camp George West after takeoff a short distance from the end of a runway from approx 500' AGL after an apparent engine problem. John and Walter were brothers. Walter was later listed as not being in the ARNG.
19 MAR 50	2LT Lewis D. Wall Jr 1LT Charles R. McMinn	Texas		49 AD AIR SEC [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] Midair collision at 0942 hrs and 500' AGL, A/C burst into flames on impact 4 miles NW of the National Guard Eagle Mountain Lake Base and 1 mi north of Rhome.
19 MAR 50	2LT Fred W. Bowden [P]	Texas
16 SEP 49	1LT Walter F. Stone Jr [P] 1LT Dale R. Brenneman Jr [P] 1LT Clark W. Burton [OB]	Kansas		10 ID L-17 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed approx 7 mi east and 1 1/2 mi south of Matfield while on a routine flight departing Marshall Field and flying to Wichita and Kansas City before returning to Ft Riley. A/C was due back at Ft Riley at midnight and appeared to be attempting a forced landing at an emergency landing strip and wreckage was found 2 days later by a rancher.
23 AUG 49	LT Harry G. Otis [P] OB injured	Germany		[Need A/C Unit] L-5 [Need Tail#] A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at Nuernberg.
01 JUN 49	LT Warren J. Ludwig [P] LT Leland E. Langford [P] P injured (USAF)	Georgia		[Need A/C Unit] L-14 [Need Tail#] A/C based at Lawson field crashed near Union City after developing engine trouble.
03 MAY 49	1LT Morris C. Lewis [P] WO Otto H. Christiansen [OB]	Oregon		[Need A/C Unit] L-16 [Need Tail#] A/C from Ft Lewis appeared to stall when caught in a downdraft and crashed at 1030 hrs alongside the Celilo canal locks in the Columbia River gorge near The Dalles while circling low above the 2d ENG BDE returning from an amphibious training operation.
18 NOV 48	MAJ E.A. Firebaugh [P]	Tennessee		[Need A/C Unit] [Need A/C Type] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed near Adamsville about 4 1/2 mi SW of Pickwick Dam while on a flight from New Orleans to Ft Belvoir.
18 JAN 48	1LT Bert O. McNabb [P] MSG Ralph F. Scarboro [OB]	Texas		ARS DET L-5 [Need Tail#] A/C assigned to Biggs Bield SAR unit crashed in a timber area 10 mi SW of Conroe while searching for a lost flier that disappeared on 30 DEC.
Fixed Wing Korean War Losses
05 JUN 53	1LT John W. Arms (USAF) 1LT Roger L. Buxman [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS LT-6G #49-3548 A/C hit by heavy ground fire, reports that one crewman taken prisoner.
21 APR 53	2LT Joseph A. Taddeo Jr (USAF) SFC Paul H. O'Connell [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS LT-6G #49-3589 A/C hit by ground fire, crashed and burned.
30 MAR 53	1LT Autrey W. Frederick [P] CPT Pierre Gailly (BeArmy)	Korea		HQ/3 ID L-19 #UNK On recon and observation mission, forced down in enemy territory near Tup Op-dong.
26 MAR 53	2LT James N. Dorland [OB]	Korea		92 AFA L-19 #51-12374 A/C possibly hit by AAA, crashed.
10 MAR 53	2LT Peter M. Darakis (USAF) SFC Forrest L. Price [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS LT-6G #49-3576 A/C observed going down in flames, no chutes, explosion.
29 NOV 52	1LT James N. Parker [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS LT-6G #49-3547 A/C hit by ground fire and crashed, crewman captured.
14 NOV 52	CWO Alfred H. Auger PFC Robert J. Beachy SGT Francis C. Berger PFC Gilberto A. Berrios CPL Antonio Calaustro CPL William E. Clark PFC C. Concepcion-Esquilio CPL Patrick E. Connolly PFC Delbert Coulam CPL Donald D. Drinnen SFC Albert W. Dzinwkowski CPL James A. Flory PFC Lloyd O. Fogt CPL Frank Gfroerer CPL Thomas E. Giglio CPL John W. Hanlon MSG Arthur J. Holland SGT Robert W. Irwin PFC Robert H. Koehler PFC Leon Letts Jr PFC Bronson J. Mastne SGT Richard L. Menninger PFC Erling P. Miller PFC Billy G. Mouney SGT Donald R. Northrup PFC Byron H. Pittman PFC Lovell E. Prater PVT Juan Rivera-Gonzales PFC Juan Rivera-Vazquez PFC Raul Rosalez SGT Arthur J. Scowcraft PFC Eugene R. Serra SGT Ray A. Shepherd PFC Freelan Shrewsbury SGT John C. Stauch, Sr. SGT Harry N. Tsuruoka CPL John H. Williams A1C Leroy J. Beer (USAF) A2C Marvin L. Gainey (USAF) SSG Ray W. Mansholt (USAF) 2LT John C. Mortensen (USAF) CPT William C. Moskosky, Sr. (USAF) CPT Robert L. Schenck (USAF) SSG Thaddeus L. Smith Jr (USAF)	Korea		63 TCS C-119C #51-2551 A/C flew into side of Hill 683 near village of Cho ok.
21 JUN 52	MAJ William P. Hunt Jr [P] 1LT Marvin S. Murphy	Korea		7 ID L-19 #UNK Liaison A/C downed near Hill 400, on fire, SAR effort hampered by enemy mortar fire.
14 DEC 51	1LT Clifford B. King [P] CPT Stuart McCash	Korea		AIR SEC/196 FA BN L-19A #51-4670 Collided with T-6F at approx 4,000 AGL over Inje AB. T-6F landed safely.
14 NOV 51	CPT Samuel C. Baxter III (USAF) CPT Harold A. Vizina [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6D #44-81365 A/C hit by machinegun fire, crashed and burned behind enemy lines, no chutes observed.
13 OCT 51	CPT Libero P. Asaccia (USAF) SFC Frederick E. Larkin [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6D #42-84947 A/C crashed and burned 15 mi NE of Kaesong, no chutes observed.
13 SEP 51	1LT Alvin E. Crane Jr (USAF) SFC Gordon J. Zorn [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6F #44-82533 A/C on routine recon misssion, crash observed at 1855L, no chutes observed, ground tactical control party conducted SAR effort, results negative.
12 JUL 51	SFC Rex H. Miles [OB] P POW	Korea		6149 TCS AT-6F #44-81770 A/C on a routine tactical recon mission to Chester 2, crashed at approx 1030 hrs, wreckage found near Ousil.
06 JUL 51	1LT Drexel E. Arnold (USAF) MSG Ray J. Riley [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6F #44-82555 A/C was returning from mission, crashed, burned in bad weather 15 mi NE of K-6.
20 APR 51	1LT Solomon A. Bachrach 1LT Roger Wallis [P] (USAF)	Korea		6147 TCS AT-6D #42-44610 A/C crash landed in enemy territory near Kaochang-ni, near Inje.
06 FEB 51	MAJ Paul R. Conrad 1LT Carroll L. James (USAF)	Korea		6147 TCS AT-6D #42-85850 A/C crashed 9 mi NE of Hoengsong, South Korea.
13 NOV 50	1LT Lester A. Holcomb (USAF) MSG Leonard E. Warren	Korea		6147 TCS AT-6D #42-84202 A/C crashed 2 mi N of Koto-ri.
08 NOV 50	1LT Frederick O. Zentner (USAF) 1LT Lewis T. Harrison Jr [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6D #45-86149 A/C was struck by enemy fire and exploded.
18 OCT 50	CPT Thomas W. DeCoste [OB] 1LT Robert E. McKee (USAF)	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6F #44-82514 A/C hit by AAA near Kajo-jong, 5 mi E of Pyongyang.
23 SEP 50	2LT David L. Burwell (USAF) 2LT David L. Parmer [OB]	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6D #44-86145 A/C lost 3 mi SE of Kumchon, was working with F-51s, went into spin, wings came off, crashed.
19 SEP 50	2LT Earl J. Davies [OB] 2LT William B. Warwick (USAF)	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6D #44-81610 A/C hit by ground fire, spun in, crashed SW of Chungam-ni.
17 SEP 50	1LT Alfred G. Peiffer CPT Elliott D. Wolfsen (USAF)	Korea		6148 TCS AT-6F #44-82520 A/C flying tactical air control mission, lost in Pohang-Kigye-Angang-ni area.

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