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92̂ " AHC HELICOPTERS AND E M CREW MEMBERS (Revised: 7/25/17 - Bi l l Robie)

The information in this list is compiled from many members of the 92"^ A H C . The accuracy is only as good as people can remember. Therefore, the list may have incomplete, inconsistent, and incorrect information. A l l helicopters of record for the 92"'' A H C are believed to be listed. Please report any known corrections or new information to Bi l l Robie billrobie(a),prodigv.net

1̂ ' Platoon (1) - yellow accent paint; 2"*̂ Platoon (2) - blue accent paint; Guns (3'̂ '' Platoon) (3) - white accent paint; Maintenance Platoon (4) - red accent paint The accent paint color was typically placed (at least during the early years of the 92"'') on the following helicopter components: skid front toe step, skid rear end piece, end of synchronized elevator, tail boom end cover, and possibly tips of tail rotor blades.

Serial # (Platoon) Crew Chief(s) Door Gunner(s) Name/Nose Art/History

UH-ID 64-13771 64-13853(4) Steve Mandel 4/68-3/69 62AHC>116AHO92AHO190AHC

crash loss 6/6/69 190AHC

U H - I H 64- 13847 65- 09619(2) Rick LeGrand 3/69-3/70 "Topo"

Ron Vaughn 4-6/69 Jerry Smith(Valentine?) 9/69-10/70

65-09669 Earl Fuller Larry Norman 12/70-12/71 (stated as "966", but no "966" of record in 92"'')

65- 09973(1) BillThoma David Knowles 7/69-7/70 A M A R C , 10/95 Johnny Hughes David Knowles

66- 00923 TR hit tree in L Z 9/14/71 66-01062 Dave Stockton _/68-_/69 Richard Cooper 66-01077 Chester Stone 69-70

Denny Watson ?/69-?/70 Mike Swiger ?/69-?/70 Mike Swiger ?/70

66-16028 loss 7/19/71 flew into water 66-16152(2) R. Painter 4-6/69 Dave Shannon 8-9/69

_ Kelley Loss to tail rotor fail 9/69 66-16243 66-16276 crashed in L Z 2/3/71 66-16315 Mark Helton 11/67- _ Kunzler 11/67-_ 66-16323(1) _ Funk 10/67 _ Eastburg 10/67 66-16379 _ R o o p FMS Mexico 66-16380(2) _Devore(?) 66-16395 E l Salvador AF

66-16459(1) Richard Savage 11/67-_ _ Kelley 10/67

66-16460(1) Rick Walters 11/67-7/68 Jesse Gordy 10/67 Rick Walters Bob Hemdon 11/67-_ "The Jefferson Airplane" Dennis Renison 4-10/68 Bob Hemdon FMS Chile

66-16461(1) Robert Stone 11/67-8/68 Paul Lenz 11/67-8/68 6/27/68 lost TR hard land Robert Stone 8/68-12/68 Bob Hemdon 10/67 6/4/69 hard land

David Todd(CE?) 66-16462(1) Warren Robinson 11/67-_ _ Brown 10/67 "The Goodship Lollipop"

Tom Medrano late 1968 Brian Yee 66-16463(2) Jim Leonard 3/69-9/69 Bob Tmesdel

_ Brown (Richard/Ronald?) 11/67-_ _ M e o ROKArmy " Marvin Jacobs

66-16465(2) Rich Ingalls 11/67-1/68, Andrew Pierson 11/67-1/68, loss at Nha Trang 1/23/68 66-16466(2) Mark Helton 11/67-_ Roy (Woody) Gilmore 11/67-_

Rich Wiemicki 10/67-10/68 Michael Mittag 4-6/69

" _ Ewert 66-16467(2) Bob Tioaquen 11/67-8/68 Royal Thai Army

J. Lee 4-6/69 " (2) _ Ernest

66-16468(2) Dave Cline 11/67-_ Roy (Woody) Gilmore 1 l/67-_(sapper loss, DBT, Tet '68) Tom (Willie) Collins 11/67-_

66-16499(1) Bobby Stewart 11/67-1/68 _ McGowell 10/67 "Surreahstic Pillow"? Bobby Stewart Jerry Eastburg 11/67-_ (sapper loss, DBT, Tet '68)

66-16500(1) Bob Shipp 11/67-2/68 Hans Herm 11/67-2/68 (sapper loss, DBT, Tet '68) 66-16501 John Johnson 11/67-10/68 Uruguay AF, Squad 5,2008

Monte (Rockie) Miller 11/67-_ _ Emery 10/67 66-16502(1) Jim Heyn 11/67-_ Rocco Collucci(l) 11/67-_ " A L I B A B A " 66-16503(1) Jack Dray 11/67-5/68 Alan Cameron 11/67-_

J. M . Christensen 5-8/68-_ _ Lutz 10/67 Paul Lenz 8-11/68 painted "FIVE ZERO GROSS" on nose Jeff Fisher

66-16504 Don Amundson 11/67-10/68 Bob Kendrick 11 /67-_ " L O V E " Noble T. Head (KIA) Richard L. Bray (KIA) (combat loss, 10/27/68)

(P-Dennis Ackerman KIA, P-Patrick MuUins KIA) 66-16505(2) Dave Cline 11 /67-_ 66-16506(2) Larry Reeves 11/67-_ Gary Daniels

" (2) R.W.Youngl l /67-_ , Roy(Woody)Gilmorel l /67-_ , FMS Bolivia #20 flying6/08 66-16507(2) David Furches 11/67-7/68 David Harmon 1 l /67-_"Bom Free I" 66-16608 Armed Forces Museum

Camp Shelby, MS 66-16676(2) Ray Lamanak 11/67-2/68

Rich Ingalls 2-8/68 Phil Polito 2/68-_ combat loss near Bao Loc 8/23/68

66-16761 66-16810

Bolivia AF 10/27/06 Center of Military History

66-16820(1) Brian Yee 2/69 John Gustafson 2/69 xmsn fail dusk patrol DBT 2/69, >608 TransCo

66-16826 FMS Mexico? 66-16840 66-16920(2) Paul Abel 8/69-2/71 "Ridge Runner" on gun mounts 66-16953 Paul Abel Larry Sterling

Larry Sterling 66-16978 Cliff Chastain 4/67-4/70 Phil Kehler 6-11/70 Honduras AF 66-17038(2) Winston Hadley(?painted it black) "Night Mare",

Andrew (Bruce) Atkins 4-7/70 50 cal.& floodlights _Bushlow?-5/71

" Morris Lambert 5-7/71 _ Adams Steve Hays 7/71-?

66-17050 66- 17083 loss 4/25/71 67- 17097 David Furches - David Harmon -

" Dave Harmon 11/67- Dave Cline 11/67- crashed in bomb crater 6/2/68? "Born Free IF'

67-17104(1) Bobby Stewart 1-6/68 Jerry Eastburg "Surrealistic Pillow"? FMS Bosnia

Richard Macias 11/68-5/69 66- 17130(2) Tom (Willie) Collins Roy (Woody) Gilmore 11/67-___ " W A R L O R D "

J. Kessler 67- 17166(1) Bob Shipp 1-11/68 Hans Herm 2-9/68 "Strawberry Alarm Clock"

Bob Shipp Brian Yee 10/68 (6/25/68 combat damage at " Brian Yee Steve Lee beach near Phan Thiet) " Harry Schneider

Brian Yee 11/68-1/69 John Gustafson (combat loss 1/69, mtns outside Nha Trang)

67-17168 67-17269 67-17338 Dennis Renison 11/67-4/68, John Gustafson (display, Barnwell, SC)

Rick Walters 11/67-7/68 67-17460(2) David Furches -7/68 David Harmon "Bom Free IH"

" (2) David Harmon 7/68-_ Joe Calaway "Bom Free IE" " (2) Joe Calaway Kenneth Roy Devore "Bom Free IE" " (2) Kenneth Devore (KIA) Lee Murray Brooks (KIA) "Bom Free IH"

(AC-James Ozbun KIA, P-Roger Ross (KIA)(combat loss, 12/24/68) 67-17547 Bonnie Purvis 8/69-4/70

Donnie Purvis 4/70-4/71 Emie Crawford "Ragged Bitch" " Donnie Purvis -4/71 Danny McDaniel

68-16412(2) 68-16488 68-16509 68-16582 68-16584 68- 17714 69- 15045

69-15048 69-15280 69-15350 69-15618 69- 15636 70- 15752 70-15759

E.W.Chaffin A. Riley Jerry Valentine

Earl Chaffin 7-5/70 Riley

loss 2/26/70, ~8m W Cam Ly "Bad Moon" crashed in L Z

DRMO Korea

A M A R C 5/13/00

UH-IC 64- 14175(3) Joe Crawford? Randall Unruh 65- 09418(3) Bi l l Weir _ Ward "The Warlord"

James Reed, D G & C E 6/70-4/71 A D A Museum, Ft. Sill, OK 65-09553(3) 65- 12741(3) Tom Medrano end 1968-? Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson 2/69-2/70 (display. Ft. Stewart, GA) Bi l l Weir

66- 00679(3) Clarence McCray Jimmy Pierce 10/69-1/70 Sidekick logo Jimmy Pierce 1/70-5/70 _ Gerber Bi l l Weir JohnAdank(?) "Cheap Thrills"

66-00733(3) Oscar Ramirez "Tootsie Roll" 66-15003(3) Randall Unruh ?/69-?/70 TR failure at hover

Joe Crawford? DRMO White Sands " Mike Peterson _ Nesbitt " Herman Brown

66-15046(3) Richard Macias 5/69-4/70 Jimmy Pierce Ira Arbite

" Clarence McCray Tom Meskiman Mike Ytsen 7/68-8/69 Bi l l Weir

66-15106(3) Chuck McDonough Mike Morrissey " W A R L O R D " 66-15113(3) Tom Tucker 11/67-_ Jesse A. Gordy (KIA 12/7/67) Coors pods, plus

Tom Tucker John Horn eyes &teeth on 40 mm " Tom Tucker Richard T. Savage

Clarence McCray 8/12-13/69 Robert Nesbitt put on Bud pods early '69?,

crashed 8/13/69 SW Phan RangAFB w/Bud cans P-Terry McClelland, P- "Gator" Green

66-15114(3) Carl Peters 11/67-10/68 Steve Sawicki 11/67-_ Jim Kidd Stewart Gable 12/68-3/69 crash loss Dalat CamLy 3/23/69,

w/Coors pods P-John Head, AC-Dave Jackson

66-15115(3)

66-•15116(3)

66-•15117(3)

66-•15618(3) 66-•15119(3)

" (3)

66-•15120(3) 66-•15131(3) 66-•15133(3) 66-•15144(3)

66-•15201(3)

Richard Balsimo 11/67-4/68 Harold Stewart 11/67-10/68 Mike Brown Mike Ytsen 8-12/68? Richard T. Savage 11/67-_ Harold Stewart 11 -67-_ Joe Crawford? John Zaletskis 11/67-_ Brian Mahoney "Yosemite Sam" crashed 5/22/69?

Steve Sawicki Richard Pratt (KIA) Jesse Gordy (KIA) (combat loss, 12/7/67)

(AC-William Goodspeed KIA, P-Thomas Hubard KIA)

C. B. Arent 11/67- Patrick E. Ward David L. Ferry (KIA) Patrick Ward (KIA) (combat loss near Bao Loc, 8/22/68)

(P-Verlyn Meyer KIA, P-James McAleer KIA)

Tom Medrano 3-5/68 Joe Zuniga Albert Garza 8-12/68 "The Mexican Express" Sammy Hendrix 8/69-8/7/70 T.M. Robinson "Eagle 2" T. M . Robertson E. Murabito (combat loss, 8/9/70, P-Glen Cannon KIA)

U H - I M 64- 14154(3) 65- 09420(3) 65-09435(3) 65-09472(3)

65- 09556(3) 66- 00733(3) 66-15084(3)

Chuck McDonough _ Gammel M . Morrissey

Mike Nesbit Bi l l Weir

Empire Museum, N Y "The Warlord"? Museum Forgotten Warrior

Chuck McDonough 9-11/70