27 Oct 1997 Jack and I were among a group of young men who went to boot camp together as Co. B-4-1 at Fort Polk then Army helicopter flight school at Fort Wolters and Fort Rucker. A story about our flight school class Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network Jim Schueckler flewhuey@FrontierNet.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 01 Feb 1969 the 190th Assault Helicopter Company was tasked with providing airlift in support of a MAC-V Advisory Team. The aircraft, UH-1D tail number 66-00845, flown by pilot 2Lt M. S. Cheney and copilot WO J. D. Barnes, departed base at about 1300. It proceeded to the HQ III Corps helipad, thence to Bien Hoa, and thence to the 3rd ARVN Engineer Battalion helipad at Hoc Mon, landing at about 1340 with three passengers aboard. Four additional passengers boarded the helicopter at Hoc Mon. With 2Lt Cheney at the controls, the UH-1 lifted off into a hover, and then commenced forward flight into a southerly wind. After about 130 feet of travel the Huey's main rotor blade struck a flagpole, ripping the transmission from the aircraft. The fuselage continued forward and impacted the ground in a nose-low attitude. Of the eleven men aboard, five died and four others were injured in the crash. The dead included WO Jackson D. Barnes, Winchester, TN, 190th AHC, copilot; CPT Thomas E. Nichols, Amarillo, TX, MACV Advisory Team 95; SP5 James H. Ward, Homewood, IL, MACV Advisory Team 95; and two Vietnamese nationals, Mr. Nguyen and Mr. D. V. Trieu.

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