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| 66-00077 |
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| SP6 Hugh Buzzell with "Miss Bev" - 66-00077. SP6 Buzzell was transferred to B Company, 228th ASHB from the Guns-A-Go-Go unit. Prior to SP6 Buzzell's assignment to the aircraft, "Miss Bev" was a downed aircraft recovery ship. He only made 2 or 3 of all those recoveries. Note he is wearing the Go-Go pocket patch. |
| 66-00077, Boeing build number B-209, was a CH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 11 July 1966. 66-00077 accumulated 3,768.3 aircraft hours. At some point, 66-00077 was assigned to B Company - "Longhorns", 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB), located at various time periods at either An Khe, Red Beach/LZ Sharron, or Bear Cat, in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). 66-00077, a.k.a. "Balls 77", was utilized extensively in downed aircraft recovery operations. 66-00077 was the first "Hook" from B Company, 228th, to go into the Ashau Valley on 19 April 68 and the first MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) helicopter to come back out. On 19 April 1985, 66-00077 was inducted into the D model program and converted to 85-24341. The last known location of 66-00077 was at Boeing during the conversion. Aircraft status: Converted to D model. |
| This aircraft was piloted by: |
| Major Ralph Jackson, Aircraft Commander, 1968. |
| WO Steve Carr, Copilot, 1968. |
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| This aircraft was crewed by: |
| SP6 Hugh L. Buzzell, Flight Engineer, March 1968 - October 1968. |
| SP5 Paul Redmon, Crew Chief, 1968. |
| Lynn "Tom" Thompson, Door Gunner, 1968. |
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