Dates

Event

Constructed as an UH-1D-BF by Bell at Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

August 1966

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 65-10077.

March 1967

Transferred to Post Supply, 6th Army, Fort Ord, CA.

April 1967

Transferred to Army Aviation Division, 6th Army, Dugway Proving Ground, UT.

June 1967

Transferred to USARV Flight Detachment, South Vietnam.

16 July 1967

Damaged.
During a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation in South Vietnam, UH-1D 65-10077 was at 400 feet and 80 knots when it was hit by a single 7.62mm round in the main rotor blade system. The helicopter continued flight and accomplished all mission objectives.

August 1967

Transferred to 57th Medical Detachment, US Army, South Vietnam.

September 1967

Transferred to 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), South Vietnam.

October 1967

Transferred to 57th Medical Detachment, US Army, South Vietnam.

December 1967

Transferred to 187th Assault Helicopter Company, 25th Infantry Division, US Army, South Vietnam.

8 November 1968

Shot down.
During an air assault into a hot LZ in South Vietnam, UH-1D 65-10077 was in level flight at 900 feet and 80 knots when it took an RPG round to the underside of the fuselage. This hit damaged the Fuel Systems and structure. The helicopter made an emergency landing and was later recovered by any means other than its own power. Both mission and flight capability were terminated. The crew and/or infantry riders were possibly killed during this incident.

January 1969

Transferred to U. S. Army Transportation Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center (ARADMAC), NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

June 1969

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 510077.
Loaned from the U.S. Army.

June 1969

Loaned to Naval Air Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

July 1969

Loaned to Office of Naval Research, University of Michigan, NAS Pensacola, FL.

March 1970

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 65-10077.
Returned from loan to U.S. Navy.

March 1970

Transferred to U. S. Army Aviation School, Fort Rucker, AL.

September 1971

Transferred to U. S. Army National Guard.

Circa 1971

Converted to an UH-1H by Aerospace Industrial Development Corp..

To Minnesota Air National Guard Museum, Minnesota ANG-133rd AW, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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According to the staff at the MNANG Museum, this Huey is haunted. During the Vietnam War it flew on multiple combat missions that resulted in the deaths of American Infantrymen and flight crew while the Helicopter was airborne, including one mission where apparently the entire crew was killed but the helicopter was still serviceable. The staff have reportedly seen shadows, heard voices and caught figures moving on security cameras inside the hanger where this helo is now displayed. How much of it is true, I am not sure...

28 June 2019

Photographer: Max Sabin