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Does anyone know how to look up a Bureau Numbers, his was 152573? A friend of mine who was in HMM-364 as a CrewChief, Purple Foxes, in Vietnam asked me to help him. I had no idea how to find them, but I know some of you have found them out there. He wants to know if it is still flying in Iraq.
Posted : 2007-01-11 08:13
Posted : 2007-01-11 12:00
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Posted : 2007-01-12 10:47
From Joe Baugher's site:
Boeing Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight
152573 w/o Feb 10, 1977
No indication which squadron it was with.
Posted : 2007-01-12 19:01
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Bureau Number 152573
If flew with several squadrons in Vietnam:
HMM-364 Received 23 Mar 68, Phu Bai, Coded YK-16
HMM-265 Received 17 Nov 68, ABD Iwo Jima
HMM-165 Received 13 Dec 68, Marble Mountain
HMM-161 Received 1 May 69, Quang Tri, MM
HMM-364 Received 10 Feb 70, Marble Mountain
It ended up with the U.S. Navy and crashing in the Mediterranean Sea on 10 Feb 77 during a night VERTREP off the USS Suribachi, HC-6, 2 crewmen killed.
Posted : 2007-01-13 12:06
Bureau Number 152573
Butch, is your HMM-364 friend perhaps John Labelle? John was crewing YK-16 on April 8, 1968 when it was severely damaged by mortars on a Medevac mission near Khe Sanh. John and both gunners were injured. The full story is at http://www.hmm-364.org/chauncey-j.html . Would Love to make contact with John.
Posted : 2007-01-15 11:23
