| I went to Vietnam in Jan 1966 with the 135th Avn. Co. I was a
crew chief (SP/5) at that time. We left Ft Benning around Jan 3 ,1966.
I found a card in an old scrap book that had the last four and the name
of the aircraft when we left Ft. Benning. I don't know if any were
changed in the year we were in V.N.
If I remember correctly we left with 21 Aircraft. I had
18 Aircraft with numbers and names on the card I found. I don't
remember what a standard Avn. Co. had in it. I do remember
that we had some spare aircraft for other companies and also spare pilots.
We left with Three pilots and two CEs on each aircraft and every third
AC had a special navigation equpt. I think it was a type of Loran
We Lost two aircraft during that year one flew into bad weather and
crashed The AC of that aircraft was Capt. John Clayton, with Sp/6 Arnold
Pearson CE, copilot was Capt. Antony Korpics USAF, and the other CE was
Tsgt Yates USAF. The other aircraft we lost was a Lolex accident
with no Injures as far as I know.
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