evacuation report information
for 37 ARRS
For date 670718
37 ARRS was a US Air Force unit
Primary service involved, US Air Force
North Vietnam
Location, Hanoi
Description: Two HH-3's assigned to the 37th ARRS searched for two downed Navy pilots located about 38 miles south of Hanoi. The SAR task force, consisting of both Navy and Air Force aircraft, located the survivors. A Navy H-3 suffered damage and was forced to exit the area. MAJ Glen P. York and his HH-3 crew went down through the enemy fire and hoisted one of the Navy pilots aboard. MAJ York also contacted the second survivor, but fuel approached a critical point and he was forced to leave. The second ARRS HH-3, piloted by CPT Etzel, went down but failed to locate the second survivor.
Comments: MAJ York, Glen P.; aircraft commander; ;
CPT Etzel, Gregory A.M.; aircraft commander; ;
The source for this information was ARRS History
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