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Date: | Tuesday 16 September 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vertol H-21C |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Caldern -
Germany
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The "Vertol" helicopter of the 3. US Panzerdivision crashed between Elmshausen and Caldern during exercise of the 2. Grenadierdivision Hessen, when rear rotor drive failed. OLt David Duebemeau (25, US Army) and Ltn Hans-Helmut Keller (24, JBG31) were killed.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 17.9.1958, p1
Passauer Neue Presse 17.9.1958, p2
Revision history:
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01-Jul-2012 04:13 |
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25-Dec-2012 14:32 |
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18-Apr-2013 10:15 |
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Updated [Narrative] |
21-Apr-2013 16:01 |
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Updated [Aircraft type] |