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


Yeah but we wer talking about airplanes, though!

Just kidding.

That was a pretty messy job. Talked to any number of rotary wing guys at the
bar who had been shot down four or five times.