PETTINGILL CRAIG A

WOC Craig A Pettingill was a potential member who died during training before going to Vietnam on 12/02/1970 from A/C accident
Ft. Wolters, TX
Flight Class 71-17
Served in the U.S. Army
This information was provided by Jihn Konek, CW4 John M. Willingham

More detail on this person: TH-55A during solo training observed entering a nose low left bank descent w/low roter RPM until impacted ground. Collective bellcrank f 02 DEC 70 WOC Craig A. Pettengill [P] T exas USAAVNS TH-55A [Need Tail#] During solo training at Ft Wolters, A/C observed entering a nose low left bank descent w/low roter RPM until it impacted ground approx 1 mi NE of Garner. Texas Copter Crashes Kill 3 MINERAL WELLS, Tex., Dec. 3 (AP)-Three helicopter pilots from Fort Wolters here were killed yesterday in two sepa rate accidents. One of the pilots was Warrant Officer Kennedy Craig Pettengill, 23 years old, Rutherford, N. J. The two others were South Viet namese. Their names were not released by the military here

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024