LUDWIG JOHN ELMER

LT John Elmer Ludwig III was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 11/22/1980 at the age of 34.3 from A/C accident
Bonita, CA
Date of Birth 08/19/1946
Served in the U.S. Navy
Served in Vietnam with HA(L)-3 DET 1 in 69-70, HA(L)-3 DET 9 in 70
Call sign in Vietnam SEAWOLF
This information was provided by Dan Arnes

More detail on this person: LT LUDWIG, JOHN ELMER, III, HA(L)-3 Detachments 1 & 9, 12/7/1969 to 12/1/1970, Transferred to HS-7 after HA(L)-3. Died on 11/22/1980 in Midair Collision test flight of prototype YAH-64.

http://armyaircrews.com/apache.html (Last entry at bottom of page)
22 NOV 80
John E. Ludwig [P]
James W. Grouix [P]
California Hughes Helicopters #79-23257
Mid-air collision with a T-28 just offshore of Seacliff Park in Encinitas during test flight of YAH-64. Photographer William L. Freeman was killed in the T-28 and pilot parachuted to safety.

Related News Article: http://armyaircrews.com/images/news/112280_ah6 4.gif Bodies of Three Men Killed in Midair Collision Recovered Encinitas (AP): The bodies of two pilots and a flight photographer have been recovered from the wreckage of a prototype military helicopter and an Army plane that collided in mid-air over the ocean this weekend. The two test pilots taken from the Hughes Helicopters YAH-64 Sunday have been identified as John E. Ludwig, 34, of Bonita and James W. Grouix, 37, of Carlsbad. The body of 56 year old William L. Freeman of San Clemente was also retrieved from the remnants of the Army T-28 from which he was photographing the test flight when the two planes crashed Saturday about three-fourths off a mile of Seacliff Park.

From: Dan Arnes

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024