James Oliver Lynch
Captain
20TH SPECIAL OPS SQDN, 14TH SPECIAL OPS WING, 7TH AF
United States Air Force
Flint, Michigan
October 11, 1940 to April 13, 1969
JAMES O LYNCH is on the Wall at Panel W27, Line 75

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Remembered by his squadronmates in the
20th Special Operations Squadron
the Green Hornets.


 

The Mission

CPT James Oliver Lynch was the copilot of a UH-1F (tail number 65-07937) flying an extraction mission for a recon team. After making the pickup, the aircraft received enemy fire, killing Lynch and seriously wounding the pilot and one gunner, Sergeant Isidro Arroyo. Although wounded, the pilot managed to land in a nearby clearing. The aircraft came to rest with its tail boom broken and its skids ripped out from under it. SGT Arroyo, although wounded in the back, helped move the dead and wounded pilots to a rescue slick (UH-1) while the other gunner sterilized the wreck. Unable to board the UH-1 because there was no room, Arroyo waited on the ground for another helicopter to pick him up. The wrecked Huey was destroyed in place.

 
A memorial from a fellow Green Hornet,
Robert Hall
Robert.Hall12@scott.af.mil 
18 Apr 2002

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