64-13152

 

 

64-13152, Boeing build number B-124, was a CH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 6 September 1965. The administrative strike date was 19 April 1968. 64-13152 accumulated 531.0 aircraft hours. At some point, 64-13152 was assigned to A Company - "Wildcats", 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), and remained there until it was lost in combat on 19 April 1968. While at a hover preparing to drop a sling load of ammunition, the crew reported an explosion in aft pylon in vicinity of number 2 engine. The aircraft settled to the ground nose down with violent shudders and fire in the aft area. The crew exited, one with 3rd degree burns (Kenny Sager). Twenty minutes later, the fire caused the ammunition to explode, destroying aircraft. The last known location of 64-13152 was in the Republic of Vietnam. Aircraft status: Crashed in combat.

 

Wade O. Kane, a crewchief with A Company , 228th ASHB, 1st Air Cavalry Division, from June 1967 to June 1968, wrote: I wish to mention some minor errors on your historical page. 64-13152, crewed by Gary Holderbecker, I think, was on the ground when it was hit. I can remember Gary saying "I was on the ramp, and I heard a loud bang, and when I looked up I could see sky". I think it was LZ Tiger or maybe Snapper in the Ashau Valley, and they were sitting with the ramp on the ground and the front end in the air.

 

 

This aircraft was piloted by:

 

CW2 John R. Fox, AC, 1968.

 

UNK Doug Martin, PI, 1968.

 

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This aircraft was crewed by:

 

UNK Gary Holderbeck, FE, 1968.

 

UNK Kenny Sager, Tail Gunner, 1968.

 

UNK Name Unkown, LH DG, 1968.

 

SP5 Larry C. Barlage, RH DG, 5 January 1968 -19 April 1968.

 

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