I CAN,T BELIEVE IT, I WAS LOOKING FOR INFO ON A HELICOPTER SHOT DOWN IN 1967 THAT HAS ALWAYS HAUNTED MY DAD, AND I FOUND THIS!
MY DAD IS SGT. MYERS IN THIS PICTURE. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR MORE INFO ON
VMO-2 670328. I HAVE THE NAMES OF ALL FOUR THAT WERE LOST ON THAT MISSION: PAUL ALBANO, CURTIS BAKER, JACK OWENS, GEORGE STEVENSON. ANY ADD INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICIATED. MY DAD IS DOING FINE, WE LIVE IN ILL.
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Rescue Mission On The Vietnam/Laotian Border
On 2 March 1967 a Huey gunship from VMO-2 was shot down west of Khe Sanh, 200 meters from the Vietnam/Laotian border. The aircraft was brought down by .50 cal and .30 cal automatic weapons fire. The crew was rescued by another VMO-2 Huey. Pictured are the two crews. Standing from L to R are Lt. Baccitich and Lt. Nazarian , Lt. Keefe and Capt. Trimble and Cpl. Maddocks (crewchief of the downed a/c). Kneeling L to R are Cpl. Hart (crewchief of the rescue a/c), Cpl. Fugate (gunner of the downed a/c) and Sgt. Myers (gunner of the rescue a/c). Capt Trimble was Lt Baccitich's copilot in the rescue chopper and Lt Nazarian went down with Bob Keefe. Photo submitted by Charlie Maddocks
photo is here
https://www.popasmoke.com/visions/image.php?source=736
George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)