BELL UH-1N HUEY (REGISTRATION: 69-6644)
Crashed in sea during drug-traffic flight. Search for missing five occupants abandoned after four days.9 January 1984 - A Bell UH-1N-BF, 69-6644, of the 20th Special Operations Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, crashes during a deployment to the Bahamas on an Operation Bahamas and Turks (Operation BAT) drug interdiction mission, killing three of the four crewmen aboard. Aircraft suffered a two engine failure and crashed at sea off of Nassau, Bahamas. Staff Sergeant Paul B. Cartter was seriously injured. Wreckage of this Huey was detected on the sea bottom during the search for wreckage of the space shuttle Challenger.
SURNAME
Acha
FORENAME
Edgardo Luis
UNIT
20 Special Operations Squadron (1 S.O.Wing)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
9th January 1984
AGE
30
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1954 Puerto Rico
flight engineer
UH-1N helicopter (69-6644)
anti-drug traffic flight...
SURNAME
Hamby
FORENAME
Thomas Lamar
UNIT
20 Special Operations Squadron (1 S.O.Wing)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
9th January 1984
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia memorial stone
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 3.8.1958 Rockdale,Georgia
son of...
SURNAME
Whitbeck
FORENAME
Dyke Harrison
UNIT
20 Special Operations Squadron (1 S.O.Wing)
RANK
Captain
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
9th January 1984
AGE
27
GRAVESITE
U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery,Colorado Springs,El Paso County,Colorado (memorial stone)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born...
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