Name: FO John W. Beardsley
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 02/25/1970 while performing the duty of Co-pilot.
Died 13 days later on 03/10/1970.
Age at death: 36.3
Date of Birth: 11/17/1933
Service: .
Unit: AIR AMERICA LAOS
Prior Unit: 1/9 CAV 65
Flight class: 63-1W
Service: .
Short Summary: While undergoing area familiarization training w/ check pilot Potter they crashed on landing because of being overloaded for conditions.
Aircraft: UH-34D tail number H-46
Call sign: AIR AMERICA
Service number: W315075
Country: Laos
Primary cause: A/C Accident
Military grid coordinates of event: TG1696
This record was last updated on 03/16/2016
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