ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76998
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| Date: | Saturday 20 March 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | Bravo Company, 101st Aviation Btn, US Army |
| Registration: | 68-16492 |
| MSN: | 11151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Forward Service Base 1 (FSB-1), 20 miles W of Khe Sanh -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Khe Sanh, Laos |
| FSB-1, Laos | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The crew of #68-16492 (Al Fischer, Kingsman 18, WO Edward R. Cash, SP4 Lyle C. Smith, and SP4 Roger L. Perales) were shot down and crashed on FSB Delta 1. After some time, they contacted Kingsman 69, CWO Bill Singletary in UH-1 66-16185 on the radio.
He had been call sign 'Chalk 6' in the initial flight of the day. Kingsman 69's crew members were WO Joe St. John, CE Sergeant Bill Dillender, and door gunner PFC John Chubb. Singletary's bird had also been hit going into the original PZ and couldn't make the PZ.
After identifying where the downed crew was, Singletary and St. John were told the situation on Delta 1 was getting very hot with small arms and mortars and that they should break off and not risk it. Singletary replied with a chuckle and said he would come in low level from the north.
Al Fischer distinctively remembers hearing both the bird and the shooting increasing steadily as Singletary approached. As the downed crew came aboard Singletary pulled in all the power he had and nosed over staying as low as possible until they broke free of the small arms fire. All six in back were firing. We returned to where the Kingsmen birds were to sit at Khe Sanh
Sources:
http://www.flyarmy.org/incident/71032010TXT.HTM
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1968.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 23-Aug-2011 12:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2011 00:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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