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| 64-13154 |
| "Birth Control" |
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| 64-13154, Boeing build number B-126, was an ACH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 1 September 1965. The administrative strike date was 22 February 1968. 64-13154 accumulated 1,018.0 aircraft hours. 64-13154 was the fourth and final aircraft produced in the "Guns-A-Go-Go" series (64-13145, 64-13149, 64-13151, 64-13154). 64-13154 was nick named "Birth Control". 64-13154 was originally assigned to the Field Evaluation Detachment (Special) (CH-47) (Provisional), later to be redesignated the 53rd Aviation Detachment, Field Evaluation (Provisional), and then finally as the 1st Aviation Detachment (Provisional), and attached to the 1st Cavalry Division's 228th Aviation Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) at An Khe in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). 64-13154 was lost in combat near the Citadel at Hue, RVN. 64-13154 received ground fire from small arms and took several in-flight hits. 64-13154 lost aft transmission oil pressure. The aircraft landed north of Hue, where the crew removed guns from aircraft and took up a defensive position. Aircraft 64-13149 landed under constant enemy fire beside 64-13154 and took the 8 crew members aboard. On lift off, 3 crew members of 64-13149 and one crew member of 64-13154 were wounded. Later, while aircraft recovery operations were being prepared, 64-13154 sustained a direct mortar hit and blew up. The last known location of 64-13154 was in the Republic of Vietnam. Aircraft status: Shot down and destroyed. |
| Aircraft 64-13154, "Birth Control" |
| in the Republic of Vietnam |
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