295th Avn Co
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18448

iF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, I WAS THE CREW CHIEF ON 18448 FROM WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED IN FT. SILL TILL I MUSTERD OUT OF THE 295TH IN FINTHEN JAN.10,1970. AND IF THAT IS TRUE, I AM TRULY SORRY SHE IS GONE. ON MY FIRST FLIGHT IN HER WITH W4 LAMB, WE AUTO ROTTATED OVER LAKE LATONKA FROM ABOUT 10K AND HAD ASOFT LANDING ON THE BEACH THERE WHERE I GOT OUT AND RESTARTED EVERYTHING AS I GENTLY SHOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF MY FATIGUE PANTS. HAVE SEEN 3 CH54A's IN WISCONSON. THAT LAMB WAS ONE **** OF A PILOT.

SINCERLY,

GORDON COOK

Re: 18448

Gordon, 18448 was in Germany. It was at the MS/NG AVCRAD until 1982-3 when it flew to Nevada. A Guy named Sweeney crewed it in Germany. He was a religious kind of guy and left the Army to join the Coast Guard.