sikorsky hh-53c super jolly green giant (69-5792)

SIKORSKY HH-53C SUPER JOLLY GREEN GIANT (REGISTRATION: 69-5792)
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SIKORSKY HH-53C SUPER JOLLY GREEN GIANT (REGISTRATION: 69-5792)
The H-53 community suffered another loss on 27 July 1982 when HH-53C #69-5792 crashed while on a training sortie at Kirtland. The crew had conducted night refueling training and was descending for a low-level navigation leg when the aircraft impacted the ground and was destroyed. The crew—Maj Barry Walls, Capt Pat Behnke, 1st Lt Hardy Delay, and SSgt Aylwyn Fortner—were all killed. Walls was a veteran of the Mayaguez mission and had flown with Captain Connelly on the fateful Pave Low III rescue in Albuquerque two and a half years prior. It was a terrible loss to the H-53 community
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  1. AIR COMMANDO 2 Fortner, Aylwyn Edwin

    SURNAME Fortner FORENAME Aylwyn Edwin UNIT 1551 Flying Training Squadron (1550 Aircrew Training and Test Wing) RANK Staff Sergeant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 28th July 1982 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Largo City Cemetery,Largo,Pinellas County,Florida ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Live Oak,Florida...

  2. AIR COMMANDO 2 Delay, Hardy Lee III

    SURNAME Delay FORENAME Hardy Lee III UNIT 1550 Aircrew Training and Test Wing RANK First Lieutenant NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 28th July 1982 AGE 32 GRAVESITE Broadlawn Memorial Gardens,Buford,Hall County,Georgia ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Norcross,Georgia born 16.12.1949...

  3. AIR COMMANDO 2 Walls, Barry Robert

    SURNAME Walls FORENAME Barry Robert UNIT 1551 Flying Training Squadron (1550 Aircrew Training and Test Wing) RANK Major NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 28th July 1982 AGE 39 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Belvidere,Illinois born 11.7.1943 Belvidere,Illinois entered service...

  4. AIR COMMANDO 2 Behnke, Patrick James

    SURNAME Behnke FORENAME Patrick James UNIT 1550 Aircrew Training and Test Wing RANK Captain NUMBER DATE OF DEATH 28th July 1982 AGE 27 GRAVESITE Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 60 Site 6595 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Kingsville,Texas born 12.10.1954 California...
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