On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:42:16 GMT, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message

Not to get into a "mine is bigger than yours", but different aircraft
at different time had different risks.

Yep. And I would not forget the "other" aviators in the theater--over 3,000
UH-1 variants were lost during the war, with over 2,000 crew KIA
(www.vhpa.org/heliloss.pdf ). That would mean about as many UH-1's were
lost as all of the fixed wing losses from all of the services combined, add
the other helo types and I suspect the loss "balance" would shift to the
rotary side.

Brooks

Yep. Lots of losses of helicopters. Lots of helicopters. Lots of
intrepid Army aviators shot down multiple times. An incredibly
hazardous mission.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8