US Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam by Gordon Rottman

Author:Gordon Rottman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Us Helicopter Pilot In Vietnam
ISBN: 9781780960845
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2011-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

A UH-1H door gunner awaits the pilot’s order to load up for takeoff. Note the “chicken plate” torso armor. They are aboard the USNS Corpus Christi Bay (T-ARVH-1), the only floating aircraft depot ship. It was manned by an Army maintenance battalion and a civilian-contract crew. (Leroy “Red” Wilson)

Prior to its issue, aircrewmen collected their own survival and signal items. This was according to personal preference, and there was no standardization. Typical items included a sheath or pocket knife, some type of compass (issue lensatic, wrist, or pocket), water purification tablets, a length of parachute suspension line (“550 cord”), a signal mirror (often just a steel shaving mirror), an orange marker panel, a Bic butane lighter, and basic first aid items. Such items as survival radios, strobe lights, and pen flare guns were scarce. More often, commercially available items were used and passed on when the aviator returned home. All too often some aviators carried virtually no survival aids.

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