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The above picture is of an accident on the flightline. 2 guys were changing
a landing gear downlock actuator. The A/C was not on jacks. 1 of them pulled
the LG pin to put a cotterkey in and the left landing gear collapsed, 1 guys
upper body was in the gear and the other guys arm was in trapped. The first
guys there tried to get them out by putting a wing jack under the prop shaft. The
guy got his arm out and the jack slipped off the shaft. A bunch of us stood side
by side and lifted the wing to get the other guy out, which we did.(got him out)
Unfortunately he died and the other guy lost his arm.
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| Above: EC-47Q's on flightline at DaNang |
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| The above three photos were taken at Ubon, I think in October, 1970.
We had to evacuate DaNang because of a typhoon. |
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The two photos directly above, I think this was when they hit the fuel tanks near the main
compound. If I remember right, it burned for about three days. |
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In the above two photos, I don't remember what the top one is, but I think
the bottom one is when they hit the fuel tanks. |
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Dan Flores (on the left) Marv Ressmann ( on the right) I think the guy's
name in the middle was Marty. He worked in Life Support. I do remember
that he was a T.I. at Lackland prior to going to Viet Nam. Dan was a
crew chief and I worked in phase dock. |
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| John Wolleck at China Beach. John worked in the Phase Dock.
His last name may be misspelled. |
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| T.C. Blount and Marv Ressmann |
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| Marv Ressmann, Note the Bendex Radar Screen above Marv's hand. |