More detail on this person: I was crew chief in
the Black Widows in 1969 and Tom Sweeney was
the pilot assigned to 474 my ship while he was in
the company. I flew many many mission with Tom
and we continued to mail Christmas cards and
letters back and forth until suddenly I lost track
of him. I have been looking sense and he was the
reason that I joined Heli-Vets many long years ago
back when it formed. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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He was a pilot in the second flight platoon. He
was Aircraft Commander of 474 and flew it until he
left Vietnam in late October 69? This a guess on
my part, but I clearly remember him leaving and
remember giving him a lighter that I had purchased
and personalized for him. He was a friend, we
tried to make arrangements to meet in Europe as I
was stationed there after Vietnam but we could not
make it work out. He was a dear friend and I was
hoping to talk to him again. Feel free to pass my
name on to his son as I would be glad to talk to
him.
From: Lonnie Heidtke, CE Black Widow 474,
C/101st AHB 68-69