Butch,


I can confirm that Maj. Rogers was the CO when the 295th arrived in Finthen. I was in country, at Hanau, and baby sitting two of the first CH-54's to arrive ahead of the company. I moved from Hanau to Finthen as soon as the 295th arrived.

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Butch


I just found this site and I believe that we had a commander named Major Rogers at one time. I also remember a couple of accidents that we had while I was with the unit.


Tim Dewing

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Butch,


I believe the unit commander was Leland P. Biggs followed by Ken Loveless, Jerry Varnon and then Tom Slye. The a/c tail numbers when I was there from 71 to 74 were:


18446


18448


18449


18451


18454


18455 (best aircraft, always brought me home!!)


18456


18457


18458


18461




The aircraft that crashed in 1970 was due to failure of pitch change link on tail rotor was 18452.




Keep up the great work on the website. You have a lot of Crane crewmembers now involved who can put together the pieces on the history of this great aircraft.




Max Torrence


superhook@bellsouth.net

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thanks carlie. do you by chance have the dates and the units commander and a/c no.'s when they went to germany? i was there from jun 72-may 74. the 326th TC was assigned to them but was deactivated in 73, and we were transferred into the 295th.

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When I returned to Ft Sill in January i969 from a tour with the 355th AVN co (HH)in the RVN the 295th Avn Co was being readied for deployment to Germany.It deployed to Germany and was replaced by the activation of the 291st Avn Co (HH) which I commanded from November 70 to August 72. Prior to that the 295th had been the Mother Company that trained up the 273rd and 355th for deployment to RVN in 67&68. Just thought I would pass this along.

I arrive at Ft Sill in Late Nov 1969. Major Rogers was the CO. I remember when on of our solders, a man name Moreland was hit and killed by and drunk driver as he walked to town. He was walking because Major Rogers took his keys due to a mix up on his auto insurance. Major Rogers took the death very hard.
I went to Germany with the 295th. I was Discharged on the 10th of April 1970.

I am trying to contact a Terry Kyle who arrived at Ft Sill with me and went to Germany. If any one knows his wherabouts, please contact me. I need him to confirm with the VA that we were in the Hospital with hepatitis together at Ft Belvoir VA together.