ARMY AIR CREWS: Cobra Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths

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Date	Name(s)	Location	Notes
05 MAR 96	CW3 David E. Glamuzina [P] SPC John T. Nessmith	Hawaii	1-25 AVN #68-15036 A/C crashed at Schofield Barracks when engine failed during a routine maintenance flight.
07 SEP 93	MAJ Philip J. Curtin II [P] USMC P killed	California	Mid-air collision while conducting a nighttime evaluation of a Marine Cobra squadron at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center at Twenty-nine Palms. Pilot was an Army Liaison to the Marine Air Combat School in Mesa Arizona.
07 SEP 93	CPT Mark D. Rullman [P] (USMC) 1 other USMC P killed	California
19 JUN 92	CW2 Jeffery L. Miller [P] WO Casey K. Bronson [P]	California	C/1-123 AVN A/C crashed while conducting Aerial Gunnery practice when the engine failed due to a clogged engine inlet. The engine inlet filter bypass failed. A/C plunged to the ground and caught fire on Ft. Irwin.
13 NOV 91	CWO Robert D. Taylor [P] LT Roy C. Zimmermann [P]	Korea	5-501 AVN #68-17065 & #79-23187 Midair collision between two AH-1 Cobra helicopters during a nighttime training mission.
13 NOV 91	2 Pilots injured	Korea
23 MAR 90	CWO Richard Stroh [P] P injured	New Mexico	#78-23076 A/C crashed on Dona Ana range of Ft. Bliss during training manuevers.
14 FEB 89	CWO Howard P. Osterlin [CP] P injured	Nevada	CO ARNG A/C crashed at approx. 1330 hours near Indian Springs while en route to a Red Flag exercise in the desert at Nellis AFB due to T/R bearing failure.
16 MAY 88	2LT William H. Mixon [P] WO Richard L. Demello [P]	Alabama	A/C crashed in a swampy area about 10 miles south of Geneva during a test flight.
06 DEC 86	CWO Ronnie D. Buckler [P]	Germany	13 AHB Killed when he was struck by the T/R blade while conducting an on-the-ground weapons systems check at Grafenwoehr.
09 APR 86	CWO Donald C. Miller Jr [P] WO1 David M. Thomas [P]	Georgia	Mid-air with CH-47 #85-24325 on Ft. Stewart.
12 JUN 86	CPT Patrick M. Keenan [P] CW2 Phillip Kennedy III [P]	Kentucky	A/229 AVN A/C crashed after a tree strike during a routine training mission at Ft. Campbell.
23 JAN 86	CW2 Dale L. Morris [P] PFC Ronald A. Swadley	Germany	B/503 AVN A/C crashed and burst into flames NE of Aschaffenburg due to weather while flying manuevers 'Certain Sentinel 86' from Grafenwoehr to Hanau.
17 JAN 86	CW2 Elmer D. Padgett Jr [IP] 1 injured	Germany	11 ACR Mid-air collision with an OH-58 Kiowa during Reforger.
09 SEP 85	1LT Kevin M. Cardwell [P] 1LT Michael L. Pape [CP]	Georgia	124 CAV (TX ARNG) A/C crashed and burned in the Chatahoochee Forest on a training flight at approx. 0820 hours with the U.S. Army's Ranger School.
06 AUG 85	CWO Michael L. Brown [P]	Egypt	#78-23091 A/C crashed in the Sahara 30 miles W of Cairo during Bright Star military exercise.
11 MAR 85	CW3 James G. Stewart [IP] CW3 William E. Metcalf [P]	Germany	B/8 CAB A/C crashed during a night training mission just south of Finthen AAF.
14 FEB 85	1LT Carey L. Beavers [P] CPT Tim Jensen [P]	Alabama	Bearcat 26 A/C was on approach to LZ Runkle on the west side of Ft. Rucker. A/C rolled inverted while on long final, hit a tree then rolled into front of barn/shed. Cause of the crash was swash plate bearing failure due to a combination of bad lubrication and K747 rotor blades that caused greater than expected forces on the pitch links downward to the swash plate.
1985	CW2 Mike Brown [P]	Egypt	A/C hit a sand dune while giving a demo flight to an Egyptian pilot during Bright Star 85. Killed when the back of head impacted the shoulder harness guide on the back of the seat.
17 NOV 84	CW2 David R. Ammerman Sr [P] CPT Larry Carter [P]	Texas	D/1-124 CAV A/C crashed after a wire strike near Waco.
19 AUG 83	MAJ James M. O'Brien IP injured	Maryland	A/C crashed into the shoreline of the Patuxent River in Calvert County while flying a two-seat Navy helicopter.
21 JUN 83	CW2 Todd J. Reichelt [P] CP injured	Colorado	A/4 AVN A/C from Ft. Carson crashed into a grassy field NE of the Air Force Academy.
1983	CWO McDonald [IP] 1 injured	Texas	B/7/17 CAV A/C crashed while IP was giving a check ride on Ft. Hood.
10 APR 82	CW2 Larry Massey [P] 1LT Donald Parker [P]	Texas	A/C was in a chalk #2 flight of six when it crashed and exploded near Garden City returning from Gallant Eagle exercise at Ft. Irwin. Crash was caused by a failure of the white blade P/C link which broke in flight at 6,000'. A resulting severe one-to-one vibration caused the T/B to separate just forward of the stabilizer. Shortly thereafter, the entire M/R and attached transmission separated from airframe mounts and departed vertically.
16 DEC 81	CW3 Duane M. Cochran Jr [IP] CPT Clinton R. Edson	Korea	4/7 CAV A/C was on an area orientation flight and were in formation when a M/R pitch change link broke, causing a blade to go through the front cockpit. Camp Stanley airfield named in honor of CW3 Cochran.
12 JUN 81	MAJ Douglas L. Dowd [P] LT Robert S. Ellis [P] (USN)	Maryland	Patuxent Naval Air Test Center A/C crashed and exploded at 1000 hours after a M/R blade failed and sliced through the cockpit which was attributed to "mast bumping".
27 OCT 80	CPT Sean Murray [P] LT Thomas L. Axtell [P]	Georgia	2/9 CAV A/C crashed in the woods near Hunter AAF at 2100 hours while returning from a routine training flight from Ft. Stewart.
02 NOV 79	WO1 Michael Steele [P] CW2 James Crump [P]	Korea	C/4/7 CAV A/C from Camp Stanton cruised into ground near Tongduchon, 9 miles N of Seoul at 120 KTS during VMC after DMZ/TAC zone flight for new in-country pilot (Flight Surgeon) orientation. A/C hit the ground at greater than 30 G's. Suspect hydraulic failure and control lock-up???
08 MAY 78	1LT Geary O. Bauman [P] CW3 Gary L. Woodrum [P]	Korea	4-7 CAV A/C crashed north of Seoul. No details.
02 DEC 74	CPT James F. Smith [OB] P injured	Oklahoma	A/C crashed after hitting telephone lines approx. 4 miles SE of Konawa near the North Canadian River while on a cross-country training flight.
07 AUG 74	CW2 John W. Cohorn Jr [P] CW2 Ronald L. Tusi [P]	California	155 AHC A/C crashed due to wire strike during a "Night Owl" exercise on the Hunter-Liggett Military Reservation near King City and were flying with the first generation prototype NVGs.
?? MAR 74	Charles W. Clemens III [P]	Georgia	A/C crashed on the night gunnery range at Ft. Stewart.
26 NOV 73	CW2 Michael S. Knight [P] WO1 Kenneth J. Knag [P]	Oklahoma	C-333 FA A/C was trail in flight of three when it crashed near Marlow on the Grady-Stephens county line, due to M/R blade spar failure.
26 OCT 73	CW2 Michael D. Lovejoy [P] CW2 Cleo R. Oney [P]	New Mexico	1 CAV A/C based from Ft. Hood crashed shortly after dusk just across the Texas border during exercise Brave Shield VI due to wire strike.
27 SEP 73	CW2 Billy T. Hackler [P] 1LT Richard W. Lally [P]	Colorado	D/1/10 CAV A/C crashed and burst into flames while on a training mission from Ft. Carson, 8 miles north of the Arapahoe County Airport.
04 APR 73	CW2 James M. Baker [P] 1 injured	North Carolina	A/C crashed into trees near Catfish Lake after tail rotor failure at Ft. Bragg.
28 MAR 73	CPT Patrick Louis Henry [P] CW2 Thomas Derwood Tennimon Jr [P]	Kentucky	A/C impacted in the range area of Ft. Campbell during gunnery practice which was attributed to target fixation, with the pilot bearing down on the target and "placing the aircraft in an attitude, altitude, and airspeed from which recovery to controlled flight was not possible prior to ground impact.
15 JUL 72	CW2 Edmund L. Heynoski [IP] CW2 James A. McMullin Jr [CP]	Georgia	A/C crashed on helicopter gunnery range at Ft. Stewart during a training mission.
15 JAN 70	1LT Benny C. Parker [IP] † 1LT Michael F. Monroe	Georgia	A/C crashed 4 miles SW of Hunter AAF while on a training mission due to T/R failure. Rotated clockwise at 200 ft and hit trees.
11 SEP 69	CW2 Edward Shanahan [IP] 1 injured	Georgia	A/C crashed into trees during low level auto. approx. 10 min from Hunter AAF.
15 JAN 68	CPT Arthur A. Krull [P]	Georgia	A/C crashed during routine training mission at Hunter AFB.
05 SEP 67	MAJ Theodore D. Strennen [P] † CPT Charles H. Evans [P]	Georgia	A/C crashed in marsh lands near Savannah during flight test of new Cobra.
Cobra Vietnam War Losses
1968-1972

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