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Helicopter or incident 66-14434
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Information on U.S. Air Force helicopter HH-53B tail number 66-14434 Date: 02/22/69
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was UNK This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Unknown While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was at Hover at 0100 feet and 000 knots. Unknown Helicopter took 1 hits from: Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. (7.62MM) The helicopter was hit in the Left Side Systems damaged were: UNK The helicopter Continued Flight. The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives. Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: MISC, PDART, 01148 (Preliminary Battle Damage Assessment and Reporting Team Report. Miscellaneous. )
Information on U.S. Air Force helicopter HH-53B tail number 66-14434
Date: 10/06/69
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER This was an Unknown mission Unknown this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots. Unknown Helicopter took 1 hits from: Small Arms/Automatic Weapons; Gun launched non-explosive ballistic projectiles less than 20 mm in size. The helicopter was hit in the Forward area Systems damaged were: MAIN ROTOR SYS The helicopter Continued Flight. The aircraft continued and accomplished all mission objectives. Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: MISC (Miscellaneous. )
Information on U.S. Air Force helicopter HH-53B tail number 66-14434 Date: 01/28/70 MIA-POW file reference number: 1552 Incident number: 70012850.KIA Unit: 40 ARRS Laos UTM grid coordinates: WF582048
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated: Defense Intelligence Agency Reference Notes. Defense Intelligence Agency Helicopter Loss database. Also: 1552 () Loss to Inventory
Crew Members:
C SMS PRUETT WILLIAM DAVID BNR C SSG SHINN WILLIAM CHARLES BNR C MSG SUTTON WILLIAM CARL BNR P CPT LEESER LEONARD CHARLES BNR P MAJ BELL HOLLY GENE KIA
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REFNO Synopsis:
_ North Vietnam Holly G. Bell, Gregory L. Anderson, William D. Pruett, Leonard C. Leeser, William C. Shinn, William C. Sutton ,(1552). On January 28, 1970, an HH-53B with six crewmen on board was in a holding pattern while engaged in a search and rescue mission over Ha Tinh Province. There was a MIG alert on the radio after which a MIG-21 aircraft fired an air to air missile which hit the HH-53B. There was a fireball explosion which turned the aircraft into hundreds of pieces. There was one two second beeper after the explosion but there were no parachutes seen by other SAR aircrews covering the SAR effort. The crew of the helicopter was declared killed in action, body not recovered, in April 1970. Returning U.S. POWs had no information on their precise fate. In December 1988, Vietnam returned William Sutton's identity card and remains from Huong Khe District, Nghe Tinh Province it identified as those of William Sutton. The remains were determined to be of Holly G. Bell.
This record was last updated on 05/25/98
The following is crew member information for this incident:
Name: SSG Gregory Lee Anderson (posthumously promoted) Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/28/70. Age at death: 22.4 Date of Birth: 08/27/47 Home City: Wheaton, IL Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force. Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-073 Short Summary: Shot down by MIG-21. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 341407070 Country: North Vietnam MOS: * "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - non-aircrew Length of service: * Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Presbyterian This record was last updated on 01/01/94
Name: SMS William David Pruett Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/28/70 while performing the duty of Crew member unspecified. Age at death: 39.5 Date of Birth: 07/18/30 Home City: Bluefield, VA Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force. Unit: 40 ARRS Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-076 Short Summary: Shot down by MIG-21. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 227288312 Country: North Vietnam MOS: * "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Length of service: 20 Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Protestant - other churches This record was last updated on 06/25/94
Name: SSG William Charles Shinn (posthumously promoted) Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/28/70 while performing the duty of Crew member unspecified. Age at death: 21.6 Date of Birth: 07/07/48 Home City: Woodland, CA Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force. Unit: 40 ARRS Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-077 Short Summary: Shot down by MIG-21. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 550742184 Country: North Vietnam MOS: * Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Length of service: 02 Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing single male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren) This record was last updated on 06/25/94
Name: MSG William Carl Sutton (posthumously promoted) Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/28/70 while performing the duty of Crew member unspecified. Age at death: 34.7 Date of Birth: 05/05/35 Home City: Goldsboro, NC Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force. Unit: 40 ARRS Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-077 Short Summary: Shot down by MIG-21. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 245605645 Country: North Vietnam MOS: * Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Length of service: * Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Protestant - no denominational preference This record was last updated on 06/25/94
Name: CPT Leonard Charles Leeser Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 01/28/70 while performing the duty of Pilot. Age at death: 35.0 Date of Birth: 01/24/35 Home City: Floral Park, NY Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force. Unit: 40 ARRS Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-075 Short Summary: Shot down by MIG-21 in N. Vietnam. See MAJ Bell. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 067262206 Country: North Vietnam MOS: * Primary cause: NVN-BNR MIG Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew Length of service: 16 Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: Presbyterian This record was last updated on 02/21/94
Name: MAJ Holly Gene Bell (posthumously promoted) Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 01/28/70 while performing the duty of Pilot. Age at death: 33.1 Date of Birth: 01/05/37 Home City: Beaumont, TX Service: reserve component of the U.S. Air Force. Unit: 40 ARRS Flight class: 64H Service: U.S. Air Force. The Wall location: 14W-073 Short Summary: In North Vietnam by MIG air to air missile-no survivors. Ted Cochran has a audio tape of event. See Leeser. Remains 12/15/88. Aircraft: HH-53B tail number 66-14434 SSN: 457529943 Country: North Vietnam Primary cause: Return 12/15/88 Started Tour: 04/16/69 "Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot Length of service: 14 Reason: aircraft lost or crashed Casualty type: Hostile - died while missing married male U.S. citizen Race: Caucasian Relgion: no religous preference This record was last updated on 02/21/94
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