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| Two lost souls in the Republic of Vietnam, circa 1968. |
| Below is a listing of the Boeing CH-47 Chinooks in service to the United States of America that, as of October 2005, have made their last flight. This list includes all crashed, destroyed, shot down, and scraped airframes that are no longer in service with the United States Air Force or Army. This list includes two airframes that never actually flew - 59-04982 and airframe build number 6 (no tail number was ever assigned). Included additionally are the four surviving A models now resting peacefully in museums (60-03451, 61-02408, 64-13149, 65-07992), as well as 59-04986, the A model once utilized as a sheet metal repair training device at the Structural Repair School located at Fort Eustis, Virginia. At some point, 59-04986 was sold to a private individual. Underlined links point to pages with additional information. |
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| From Andy Dulay: My CH-47 crash in Vietnam (66-19032). This photo also showed up in an issue of Look magazine, circa 1968. The cause of the crash was a dual hydraulic failure at low level and high speed. We were inverted and traveling backward at about 50 knots by the time we hit the ground. Amazingly, nobody was killed, but everyone in the crew was injured. Photographer unknown. If anyone has more info about this crash and/or the tail number, please email us. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger version. |
| A Models |
| (184 Final Descents) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the A model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| B Models |
| (32 Final Descents) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the B model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| C Models |
| (55 Final Descents) |
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| CW4 John Parry in this mid-1980s photograph shows him sitting right seat as he prepares to fly a CH-47C Chinook helicopter at Finthen Army Airfield, West Germany. John was a good man and it was a very enjoyable experience to fly with him. John made his final descent on 3 January 2010. Click-N-Go Here to see a larger version of this image. |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the C model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| D Models |
| (26 Final Descents) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the D model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| MH-D Models |
| (3 Final Descents) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the MH D model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| E Models |
| (3 Final Descents) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the E model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
| G Models |
| (1 Final Descent) |
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| Read a brief summary of the disposition of the G model Chinook helicopter: Click-N-Go Here |
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| The remains of G-BWFC during the post crash investigation. Click-N-Go Here to read the accident report. |
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