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Post by rickdaniels on Aug 25, 2006 10:01:51 GMT -6
The oldest entry in the Chinook category is a crash that occurred on March 19, 1965 near Hartford, Alabama. My dad was killed in that crash. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has any information about the incident, or suggestions about how to obtain more info. Thanks in advance for taking the time.
Rick
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Post by Sid Nanson on Oct 23, 2006 15:17:15 GMT -6
The crash involved CH-47A 60-3450.
The blade spar of the aft rotor failed, 3 on board died.
Hope that is of some use
Sid Nanson
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Post by formerly DustoffALSE on Sept 25, 2007 7:59:17 GMT -6
What's up with the junk postings coming from Chinese addresses?
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Post by Admin on Sept 25, 2007 18:11:38 GMT -6
Spammers attempting to post messages. There's no way to stop it completely, without having everyone login in order to post and/or view the threads. I try to keep them to a minimum by deleting them whenever I can.
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Post by Gregory J Barker on Nov 27, 2012 23:50:16 GMT -6
In the book Flying Army: the Modern Air Arm of the US Army (Doulbleday, 1971) (which book was dedicated inter alia to the memory of Richard I. Daniels), W. E. Butterworth wrote:
One sunny Alabama afternoon, Mrs Jane Crawford
came to my door in Ozark, Alabama, to tell me that she
had just heard over the radio that a Chinook had gone
down, and all aboard had been killed. Lieutenant
Colonel Chester Crawford was at that time a test pilot
flying the Chinook, and she feared the worst. . . .
I called the pilot's lounge and another Chinook test pilot
answered the phone. . . .
“Mac, Jane's with me,” I said. “Was that Chet?”
. . .
“It wasn’t Chet,” he said. “It was Dick Daniel.” He
added: “The tail rotor came off; they were at
1,500 feet. There’s not much left.”
I hung up and told Jane that her husband was all right.
Then, because I could not find my voice, I pointed at my
neighbor’s house where my four-year-old was playing
with the three-year-old namesake of Richard I. Daniel.
Mrs Crawford and I were paying a casual social call on
twenty-year-old Martha Daniel when the official
notification team arrived from Fort Rucker to tell her that
her husband had, together with a Canadian Army pilot
on duty with the US Army and a sergeant crew chief,
crashed to his death.
The other pilot was Lt. John William Shaw, aged 25, a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps pilot who was serving on exchange with the US Army Aviation Test Board at Fort Rucker. I’m not certain of the identity of the crew chief.
Best wishes.
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