66-19070

 

 

A photograph of CH-47A Chinook helicopter 66-19070 taken from a sister ship while conducting a mission in the Republic of Vietnam, circa 1972.

 

 

66-19070, Boeing build number B-328, was a CH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 10 March 1967. The administrative strike date was 1 November 1972 or 23 March 1975. 66-19070 accumulated at least 2,330.0 aircraft hours.    At some point, 66-19070 was assigned to the 237th Helicopter Squadron, 3rd Air Division, Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF), located at Bien Hoa Air Force Base (AFB) in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), and remained there until it was lost due to North Vietnamese or Vietcong (VC) action at Da Nang and/or Phu Cat.    The last known location of 66-19070 was in the Republic of Vietnam.    Aircraft status: Destroyed.

 

 

Ground Alert: CH-47A Chinook helicopter 66-19070, belonging to the 237th Helicopter Squadron of South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF), sits on the ramp at Long Binh Army Air Field. The aircraft was preparing to deploy to the An Loc area battlefield on an ammunition resupply mission for soldiers fighting in response to Charlie's insurgency. The Flight Engineer, Long Nguyen, snapped the photograph in 1972.

 

 

This aircraft was piloted by:

 

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This aircraft was crewed by:

 

Long Nguyen, Flight Engineer, 1972

 

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