OLAA Operating Date 24-Oct-1970

Roster

ROSTER… 12 Men

Lt. Col. Melvin G. Swanson (Mel)
Maj. Albro L. Lundy Jr.
Capt. Richard P. Kent III (Dick)
Capt. Levy M. Rentz Jr.
Capt. Gary T. Hawes
Capt. John W. Taylor (first day shown-when did he arrive? Not on 5Oct Rost)
1st Lt. Richard L. Engel (Rich)
1st Lt. Larry R. Warren
1st Lt. Charles I. Kasbeer (Chuck)
1st Lt. Chris M. Tateishi
1st Lt. John W. Kiland
1st Lt. Douglas D. Carmichael (Doug)

John W. Taylor…check for him on orders??? TDY??? Yes on authorization to ferry a/c from Da Nang to NKP and back issued 27Oct70 approving verbal orders effective 24Oct1970…Capt Taylor is on these orders.

On This Date in OLAA History

1970 – October 24; CH-3E #66-13287 (Call sign “Knife 31”) of the 21st SOS crewed by Capt. Craig Brian Schiele (P), Maj. Ronald R. Kunz (CP), MSgt. Thomas Edward Heideman (FE) and SSgt. Wallace Spivey (FE) crashed and was lost when lifting off from a hill top LZ, in the Mu Ghai Pass area near the Laos – North Vietnam border, after picking up 11 indigenous personnel. Schiele and Heideman were killed in the crash. The surviving indigenous personnel were picked up by another CH-3E (Call sign “Knife 34”) on the mission (see next entry). http://www.jollygreen.org/jltnc.htm

1970 – October 24; A HH-53B from the 40th ARRS, crewed by Maj. William D. Eastman Jr. (P), John P. Ditucci (CP), Bonnie R. Stevens (FE), Donald G. Behrends (PJ) and Frederick D. Jenkins (PJ), rescued two crew members, Maj. Ronald R. Kunz and SSgt. Wallace Spivey, from a downed CH-3E (see entry above). “PJ’s in Vietnam” by Robert L. LaPointe & JRCC Save Form

OLAA-ID: 349-1      
Flight Date: 24 Oct 70
Pilot: Larry R. Warren–03
Mission ID: IP
Tail # 551-H
Location: 240/34/103
Team Name:
Hours Flown: 4+00
  
Remarks: Worked for Team in Contact; Broke TIC. RTBs at NKP for Typhoon "Kate"
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OLAA-ID: 349-1      
Flight Date: 24 Oct 70
Pilot: John W. Taylor–04
Mission ID:
Tail #
Location: 240/34/103
Team Name:
Hours Flown: 4+00E
  
Remarks: #Worked for Team in Contact; Broke TIC. RTBs at NKP for Typhoon "Kate"
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