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TSgt Robert J. Monteith was the pilot of OY-2 BuNo 03939. 1st Lt Good was his observer. The bodies were recovered 29 Aug 1951. Sources: KORWALD...

Hok/huk/h-43 Bureau Numbers for HOK-1/OH-43D: 125528 - 125531 HOK-1 (4) 129800 - 129842 HOK-1 (43) 138098 - 138102 HOK-1 (5) 139971 - 14...

typo? According to a MOVREP (Movement Report) dated 29 Dec 1966, from CTG 76.5 to AIG 60(?), VMO-3 Det A had 2 UH-1Es and 2 UH-1Bs. HMM-362 is re...

AH-1Gs Randy, of the 38 AH-1Gs, five were sent to Ft Stewart, GA for instructing Marine Cobra pilots. These were 68-15037, 68-15038, 68-15039, 68...

If memory serves me, at least one of the J's in OKI's only time in the states was when it came off the Bell assembly line. From there to RVN then to O...

Cobra BuNos As promised: USMC Cobra Bureau Numbers AH-1G 157204-157241 -- Army serial numbers retained AH-1J 157757-157805 ...

Foreign AH-1W BuNos AH-1Ws bought by Taiwan and Turkey were assigned Bureau Numbers because they were ordered by the Navy for the foreign buyers ...

Nicknames Here's a few: HRP-1, -2 "Flying Banana" HO5S-1 "Flying Tinkertoy" HOK (OH-43)/HUK (UH-43) "Huskie" (official name) HR2S (CH-...

Found a list of USMC aircraft (current through 1965) here: USMC Aircraft 1913-65

UH-1Bs "In March 1966, although authorized 76 UH-1Es in the operating units, it had only 58. To alleviate the situation, the Marine Corps that mo...

PUC - Presidential Unit Citation NUC - Navy Unit Commendation MUC - Meritorious Unit Commendation SU - Supporting Unit (this is the highest leve...

I was in danang in sub unit 2 in the ShooFly barracks and then I went with 72 marines to MMAF. I was in MAB-16. We started to build the facility in Ma...

Didn't know that Pendleton was now an Air Station. It was redesignated as MCAS Camp Pendleton on 13 Mar 85. It was MCALF when I was there (75-78) an...

Here's a few more: Korea 1950-54 VMO-6 HMR-161 - MAG-16 (HMR-162, HMR-163, VMO-2) deployed to Japan in 1953 and qualified for Korean Service S...

Dominican Republic 1965 HMM-264(Rein) HMM-264 20 UH-34D Det VMO-1 2 UH-1E Det HMH-461 2 CH-37C (grounded - mech prob) HMM-263(Rein)...

I posted this list earlier: Squadrons in Lebanon

A Japanese company called Flying Papa's has a decal sheet (1/72d scale) for a AH-1J with the Japanese character on the engine bay door. SN-02 (157764)...

69-16440 According to info on Joe Baugher's site USAF/USA Serials - 1969 this aircraft was convered from AH-1G to AH-1F. It was last noted as bei...

69-16640 Tim are you sure about that serial #? It isn't on the list of Army serials, Army serial #s - 1969 and it definitely isn't one of the 38...

USMC helo sqns - Lebanon Marine Helo Squadrons in Lebanon 1982-84 HMM-261(Rein) (32nd MAU, 16 Aug-10 Sept; 25 Sept-1 Nov 1982) HMM-261 D...

Vietnam Svc Medal for Frequent Wind This is from MarAdmin 218/04 (Awards Update) 4. MARINES THAT WERE AWARDED THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONAR...