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Date: | Wednesday 8 October 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky HH-53C Super Jolly |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 67-14996 |
MSN: | 65145 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gulf of Mexico -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | IATA: VPS, ICAO: KVPS, FAA LID: VPS |
Destination airport: | VPS |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:1) Crashed in sea during aerial refueling. No survivors.
2) Comments received from Sandra Kenny, widow of aircraft commander (AC) Captain Thomas Kenny. Capt. Kenny had served in Vietnam as an HH-3E Pilot 1965-66.
3) On board the mishap aircraft with Capt. Kenny were Co-Pilot (CP) Captain Carl W. Oliver of Esther, FL and Crew Chief (CC) Master Sergeant William T. Lane of Fort Walton Beach, FL. The mishap aircraft was practicing inflight refueling 35 miles out over the gulf of Mexico. Crew remains were not recovered. Anyone with additional information about this class A mishap can email me at the address provided.
Sources:
1) JBaugher,
2) Sandra Kenny by way of comments addressed to me following my re-posting of a HH-3E video provided by the National Museum of the Air Force that was shared in the Facebook Group ' Jolly Green Giant Helicopter (CH-3E, HH-3E)'.
3) Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Metro Edition, 10 Oct 69, page 17.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Mar-2017 19:31 |
TB |
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07-Mar-2020 18:08 |
CMSgt.106rqwseg |
Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
22-Mar-2020 08:21 |
CMSgt.106rqwseg |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |