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Paul Edward Albano
Corporal
VMO-2, MAG-16, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps Hannacroix, New York December 25, 1944 to March 28, 1967 PAUL E ALBANO is on the Wall at Panel 17E, Line 59 |
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From the VMO-2 Squadron Command Chronology, 28 March 1967:
"UH-1E (BuNo 152419) on recon flight of Dong Ha TAOR was stuck by an undetermined number of .50 cal and small arms fire in cockpit and cabin area, incapacitating pilot and flight surgeon [observer], causing aircraft to enter uncontrolled flight and inverted nose-down attitude. Aircraft exploded on impact at YD 195625, and fire resulted. Fire caused 2.75" rockets and 7.62 mm machine gun ammunition to explode, preventing crew of chase aircraft from assisting crew. As a result, the pilot, flight surgeon, crew chief and gunner were killed."Comments on Incident: Shot down by 50-cal during perimeter sweep of Dong Ha - flying at 50 feet altitude in evening. Aircraft exploded on impact, inverted. N. Shinnick was flying chase as copilot with MAG-16 CO. Four men died in this incident:
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A memorial initiated by the Historian, USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association, Alan H Barbour ahbarbour@popasmoke.com 25 May 2002 |
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